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(Encyclopedia) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Paris. Its counterpart in the League of Nations was the Inter...
(Encyclopedia) school, term commonly referring to institutions of pre-college formal education. It also properly includes colleges, universities, and many types of special training establishments (see adult educatio...
(Encyclopedia) Chihuahua
chēwäˈwä
[key], state, 94,831 sq mi (245,612 sq km), N Mexico, on the border of
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(Encyclopedia) Dover.
1 City (2020 pop. 39,403), state capital, and seat of Kent co.,
central Del., on the St. Jones River; founded 1683 on orders of William
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(Encyclopedia) Mississippi State University for Women, at Columbus; the first state-supported women's college; chartered 1884, opened 1885 as Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State C...
(Encyclopedia) Grand River. 1 River, 260 mi (418 km) long, rising in S Mich. and flowing N to Lansing, then NW to Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. It is the longest river in the state and is navigable to the city of Gr...
(Encyclopedia) home schooling, the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both of the children's parents serve as ...
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South Dakota dəkōˈtə [key], state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W).
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(Encyclopedia) Free State, formerly Orange Free
State, province, 50,126 sq mi (129,825 sq km), E central South Africa. It was renamed Free State
shortly after the 1994...
(Encyclopedia) Winston-Salem, city (1990 pop. 143,485), seat of Forsyth co., central N.C., in the Piedmont; inc. 1913. It is one of North Carolina's largest cities and foremost industrial centers. Historically a maj...