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(Encyclopedia)Tungting, lake, China: see Dongting. ...Ukerewe
(Encyclopedia)Ukerewe: see Victoria, Lake, Africa. ...Traunsee
(Encyclopedia)Traunsee, lake, Austria: see Salzkammergut. ...Qarun
(Encyclopedia)Qarun, lake, Egypt: see Moeris.pile dwelling
(Encyclopedia)pile dwelling: see lake dwelling. ...Vierwaldstättersee
(Encyclopedia)Vierwaldstättersee: see Lucerne, Lake of. ...Four Forest Cantons, the
(Encyclopedia)Four Forest Cantons, the, Ger. Die Vier Waldstätten, in central Switzerland, the cantons of Unterwalden, Schwyz, Uri, and Lucerne, the first Swiss communities to win their freedom against the Hapsbur...Hammond
(Encyclopedia)Hammond. 1 City (2020 pop. 77,879), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., bounded by Lake Michigan, the Ill. state line, and the Little Calumet River, and ...Gregory, Wilton Daniel
(Encyclopedia)Gregory, Wilton Daniel, 1947–, American Roman Catholic cardinal, b. Chicago. Ordained in 1973, he was educated at Niles College (now St. Joseph's College Seminary) of Loyola Univ., Chicago, St. Mary...Andersson, Karl Johan
(Encyclopedia)Andersson, Karl Johan yo͞oˈhän änˈdərsōnˌ [key], 1827–67, Swedish explorer in Africa. In 1850 he and Francis Galton set out from Walvis Bay (now in Namibia) to explore Damaraland and Ovambol...Browse by Subject
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