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Chihuahua, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Chihuahua chēwäˈwä [key], state, 94,831 sq mi (245,612 sq km), N Mexico, on the border of ...Memphis, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Memphis mĕmˈfĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 610,337), seat of Shelby co., SW Tenn., on the Fourth, or Lower, Chickasaw Bluff above the Mississippi, at the mouth of the Wolf River; inc. 1826. A river por...United States
(Encyclopedia)CE5 CE5 CE5 United States, officially United States of America, republic (2015 est. pop. 319,929,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third l...Baja California, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Baja California Span.: bäˈhä kälēfōrˈnyä [key], state, 27,628 sq mi (71,576 s...Yucatán, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Yucatán yo͞okətănˈ, –kätänˈ [key], state (1990 pop. 1,362,940), 14,868 sq mi (38,508 sq km), SE Mexico, occupying most of the northern part of the Yucatán peninsula. It lies between Campech...Guanajuato, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Guanajuato gwänähwäˈtō [key], state, 11,805 sq mi (30,575 sq km), W central Mexico, on the ...Zacatecas, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Zacatecas säkätāˈkäs [key], state (1990 pop. 1,276,329), 28,125 sq mi (72,844 sq km), N central Mexico. Zacatecas is the capital. Lying on the central plateau, Zacatecas is a state of semiarid pl...United Provinces , former state, India
(Encyclopedia)United Provinces, former state, N India, now almost coextensive with the modern state of Uttar Pradesh. The United Provinces embraced the plain of the Ganges, the heartland of India. This region was t...Arkansas City
(Encyclopedia)Arkansas City ärkănˈzəs [key], city, Cowley co., S Kans., at the confluence of the Arkansas and Walnut rivers, near the Okla. border; inc. 1872. Located in an agricult...Montpelier, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Montpelier mŏntpēlˈyər [key], city (1990 pop. 8,247), state capital (since 1805) and seat of Washington co., central Vt., at the junction of the Winooski and North Branch rivers; inc. 1855. The ec...Browse by Subject
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