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Little Dipper

(Encyclopedia)Little Dipper, familiar configuration of stars in the constellation Ursa Minor (see Ursa Major and Ursa Minor). ...

Little Entente

(Encyclopedia)Little Entente äntäntˈ [key], loose alliance formed in 1920–21 by Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Its specific purposes were the containment of Hungarian revisionism (of the terms of the...

little magazine

(Encyclopedia)little magazine, term used to designate certain magazines that have as their purpose the publication of art, literature, or social theory by comparatively little-known writers. The little-magazine m...

Little Miami

(Encyclopedia)Little Miami, river: see Miami, river. ...

Little Minch

(Encyclopedia)Little Minch, strait: see Minch, Scotland. ...

Little Missouri

(Encyclopedia)Little Missouri. 1 River, c.145 mi (230 km) long, rising in the Ouachita Mts., SW Ark., and flowing generally SE to join the Ouachita River N of Camden. North of Murfreesboro is Narrows Dam (1950), wh...

Little Sioux

(Encyclopedia)Little Sioux so͞o [key], river, 221 mi (356 km) long, rising in SW Minn. and flowing generally SW across NW Iowa to the Missouri River S of Sioux City. Flowing through a rich agricultural area in the...

Little Tennessee

(Encyclopedia)Little Tennessee, river, c.135 mi (220 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, NE Ga., and flowing generally NW across SW N.C. and through E Tenn. to the Tennessee River opposite Lenoir City. On the river...

Little Turtle

(Encyclopedia)Little Turtle, c.1752–1812, chief of the Miami, born in a Miami village near present-day Fort Wayne, Ind. He was noted for his oratorical powers, military skill, and intelligence. He was a principal...

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...