(Encyclopedia) Huangpu,&sp;Whangpoo, or HwangpooHuangpu,all: hwängˈp&oomacr;ˈ [key], river, 60 mi (97 km) long, rising in the lake district of Shanghai Municipality, E China, and flowing NE…
(Encyclopedia) Snodgrass, W. D. (William DeWitt Snodgrass), 1926–2009, American poet and translator, b. Wilkinsburg, Pa., grad. Univ. of Iowa, 1959. He is particularly known for his debut book, Heart…
The Question: From where does Canada get its name? The Answer: Canada borrows its name from the Huron-Iroquois Indian word, "kanata," which means village…
The Question: Does the big spot you always see in the pictures of Jupiter have a name? The Answer: Yes. That oval spot is called the "Great Red Spot."…
(Encyclopedia) Dongting or TungtingDongtingboth: d&oobreve;ngˈtĭngˈ [key], shallow lake, Hunan prov., SE China; one of China's largest lakes. It is fed by the Yuan, Zi, Xiang, and many smaller…
(Encyclopedia) Martinsburg, industrial city (1990 pop. 14,073), seat of Berkeley co., NE W.Va., in the Eastern Panhandle; settled 1732, inc. as a city 1859. It is a railroad center in a region that…
(Encyclopedia) Nantong or NantungNantungboth: nän-t&oobreve;ng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 422,300), N Jiangsu prov., E central China, on the Chang River, about 30 mi (50 km) from the East China…
