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(Encyclopedia) Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830–94, American political leader, Confederate governor of North Carolina (1862–65) in the Civil War, b. Buncombe co., N.C. A lawyer and a Whig, he served in the state legis...

(Encyclopedia) Barents Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean, N of Norway and European Russia, partially enclosed by Franz Josef Land on the north, Novaya Zemlya on the east, and Svalbard on the west. Its waters are warmed b...

(Encyclopedia) schooner sko͞oˈnər [key], sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with from two to seven masts. Schooners can lie closer to the wind than square-rigged sailing ships, need a smaller crew, and are very...

(Encyclopedia) Aberdeen, city (2020 pop. 229,060) and council area, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the Dee River. It is Scotland's third largest city in population. Aberdeen is the financi...

(Encyclopedia) Groningen grōˈnĭng-ən [key], province, c.900 sq mi (2,330 sq km), NE Netherlands, bordering on ...

(Encyclopedia) NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nordkapp, promontory: see North Cape, Norway. ...

(Encyclopedia) darter, North American fish: see perch. ...

(Encyclopedia) Coushatta: see Alabama, Native North Americans. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lenape: see Delaware, Native North Americans. ...