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Palmer Land
(Encyclopedia)Palmer Land, part of the Antarctic Peninsula, W Antarctica. Named by Americans after Nathaniel Palmer, who explored the area in 1820, Palmer Land (or Palmer Peninsula) referred to the entire Antarctic...Wilkes Land
(Encyclopedia)Wilkes Land: see Antarctica.Basel-Land
(Encyclopedia)Basel-Land and Basel-Stadt: see Basel, Switzerland. ...Sugar Land
(Encyclopedia)Sugar Land, city (2000 pop. 63,328), Fort Bend co., SE Texas, on the Brazos River and Oyster Creek, a W suburb of Houston; inc. 1959. The city, which now has a diversified economy, began as a pre–Ci...Victoria Land
(Encyclopedia)Victoria Land, part of E Antarctica, S of New Zealand; Cape Adare is to the northeast. Bounded on the E by the Ross Sea and on the W by Wilkes Land, it consists of ranges of the Transantarctic Mts., w...Hebrews, people
(Encyclopedia)Hebrews. For history, see Jews; for religion, see Judaism. ...Roma, people
(Encyclopedia)Roma, people: see Romani.Peculiar People
(Encyclopedia)Peculiar People, an alternate rendering for the biblical phrase “chosen people” (of Israel), applied to numerous Protestant dissenting sects such as the Plumstead peculiars. This group, founded in...People's Charter
(Encyclopedia)People's Charter: see Chartism.People's party
(Encyclopedia)People's party: see Populist party. ...Browse by Subject
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