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Gloucester, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester glŏsˈtər, glôˈstər [key], city and district, Gloucestershire, W central England, on the ...

Gadsden Purchase

(Encyclopedia)Gadsden Purchase gădzˈdən [key], strip of land purchased (1853) by the United States from Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) had described the U.S.-Mexico boundary vaguely, and Presiden...

Doncaster

(Encyclopedia)Doncaster dŏngˈkəstər [key], metropolitan borough, N central England, on the Don River. D...

Allegheny

(Encyclopedia)Allegheny ălˈəgāˌnē, ălˈəgäˌnē [key], river, 325 mi (523 km) long, rising in N central Pa., and flowing NW into N.Y., then SW through Pa. to the Monongahela, with which it forms the Ohio R...

Compiègne

(Encyclopedia)Compiègne kôNpyĕˈnyə [key], city, Oise dept., N France, in Île-de-France, on the Oise R...

Conakry

(Encyclopedia)Conakry kŏnˈəkrē [key], city, capital of Guinea and its Conakry region, SW Guinea, a port ...

Connellsville

(Encyclopedia)Connellsville kŏnˈəlzvĭlˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 7,031), Fayette co., SW Pa., on the Youghiogheny ...

Fairbanks, Charles Warren

(Encyclopedia)Fairbanks, Charles Warren, 1852–1918, Vice President of the United States (1905–9), b. Union co., Ohio. He became wealthy as a railroad lawyer in Indianapolis, rose in Republican politics, and ser...

Pontiac, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Pontiac, industrial city (1990 pop. 71,166), seat of Oakland co., SE Mich., on the Clinton River; founded 1818 by promoters from Detroit, inc. as a city 1861. Industries developed early and expanded a...

Port Arthur, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Port Arthur, city (1990 pop. 58,724), Jefferson co., SE Tex., on Sabine Lake; inc. 1898. A deepwater port of entry on the Sabine-Neches Canal, it is an extensive oil port, with many large refineries, ...