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Ormskirk
(Encyclopedia)Ormskirk ôrmzˈkûrk [key], town (1991 pop. 27,308), Lancashire, N England. Ormskirk is a market town. Silk and cotton textiles and metal goods are made. The church, with an embattled tower, contains...Blytheville
(Encyclopedia)Blytheville blīᵺˈvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 12,981), seat of Mississippi co., NE Ark., near the ...Datia
(Encyclopedia)Datia dŭˈtēä [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, N central India. It is a district adminis...Couper, James Hamilton
(Encyclopedia)Couper, James Hamilton ko͞oˈpər [key], 1794–1866, American planter of Georgia, grad. Yale, 1814. Influential in promoting agricultural research and experimentation, he was a pioneer in the cultiv...Moradabad
(Encyclopedia)Moradabad môrədəbădˈ, mōrädäbädˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 443,701), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. It is an important rail junction and an agricultural market center. There are industri...Minya, Al
(Encyclopedia)Minya, Al äl mēˈnyə [key], city (1986 pop. 179,060), capital of Al Minya governorate, N central Egypt, on the Nile River. About half the city's population is Coptic Christian. It is a tourist spot...Herisau
(Encyclopedia)Herisau hāˈrĭzou [key], town, capital of Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden half canton, NE Switzerla...Bastrop
(Encyclopedia)Bastrop băsˈtrŏpˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 9,711), seat of Morehouse parish, NE La.; founded ...Agricultural Adjustment Administration
(Encyclopedia)Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), former U.S. government agency established (1933) in the Dept. of Agriculture under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 as part of Franklin Delano Roos...Rufiji
(Encyclopedia)Rufiji ro͞ofēˈjē [key], river, c.375 mi (600 km) long, rising in the highlands of SW Tanzania, E Africa, and flowing NE then E to the Indian Ocean opposite Mafia Island. The Great Ruaha River is i...Browse by Subject
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