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White, John, English colonizer

(Encyclopedia)White, John, 1575–1648, English colonizer. An Anglican priest of moderate Puritan belief, White wished to establish a colony for Puritans. He helped form (1628) the New England Company, which later ...

Uummannaq

(Encyclopedia)Uummannaq or Umanak both: o͞oˈmännäkˌ [key], town (1996 pop. 1,497), W Greenland, on an inlet of Baffin Bay. A hunting and fishing base, it has a canning factory. Marble is quarried there. ...

Sorrento

(Encyclopedia)Sorrento sōr-rānˈtō [key], town (1991 pop. 16,459), Campania, S Italy, on the Sorrento Peninsula, which separates the Bay of Naples from the Gulf of Salerno. Beautifully situated, it is a tourist ...

Yatsushiro

(Encyclopedia)Yatsushiro yätso͞oˈshĭrō [key], city (1990 pop. 108,135), Kumamoto prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on Yatsushiro Bay and the Kuma River estuary. It is a major commercial center and fishing port prod...

Severodvinsk

(Encyclopedia)Severodvinsk syĕˈvĕrŏdvinsk [key], city (1989 pop. 249,000), NW European Russia, on the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. The main industries are shipbuilding, lumbering, and transshipment. It is a base...

Sausalito

(Encyclopedia)Sausalito sôˌsəlēˈtō [key], residential city (1990 pop. 7,152), Marin co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1893. It is the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge. The artists' colony t...

San Quentin

(Encyclopedia)San Quentin săn kwĕnˈtən [key], peninsula extending into San Francisco Bay, W Calif., N of San Francisco. The state prison there was begun in 1852. San Quentin is the western terminus of the Richm...

Manitoba

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Manitoba mănĭtōˈbə [key], province (2001 pop. 1,119,583), 250,934 sq mi (650,930 sq km), including 39,215 sq mi (101,580 sq km) of water surface, W central Canada. The history of Manit...

Duque de Caxias

(Encyclopedia)Duque de Caxias do͞oˈkĭ dĭ käshˈyəs [key], city, Rio de Janeiro state, SE Braz...

Chignecto

(Encyclopedia)Chignecto shĭgnĕkˈtō [key], isthmus connecting N.S., Canada, with the Canadian mainland, between Chignecto Bay and Northumberland Strait. It is c.17 mi (27 km) across at its narrowest point near A...