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Wilberforce University
Wilberforce University Wilberforce University, one of the nation's oldest historically black colleges and universities, was founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1856 on the site of Tarawa Springs, a former summer resort in Greene County, Ohio. The school, which had as its purpose the... Read more |
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Lysanias
Lysanias , tetrarch of Abilene. He is mentioned in the Gospel of St. Luke. A rock inscription mentioning his name was found on the site of ancient Abila.... Read more |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. It was founded in 1947 by a group of computer pioneers, including American physicist John Mauchly, co-inventor of... Read more |
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Tyumen
Tyumen , city (1989 pop. 477,000), capital of Tyumen region, SW Siberian Russia, on the Tura River. On the Trans-Siberian RR, Tyumen is a major transfer point for river and rail freight. It has shipyards and machine plants. The surrounding area is rich in petroleum and natural gas. Tyumen was... Read more |
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Mother Goddess
MOTHER GODDESS The expression mother goddess or maternal divinity designates a historic or prehistoric female figure that was the object of a cult. The oldest examples are found in Paleolithic Europe; these are the Venuses found in grottoes that served as sanctuaries. The exaggerated breasts and... Read more |
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Jacques
Jacques ♂ (French) form of James and Jacob. In French there is no distinction between a form corresponding to Jacob and a form corresponding to James. This is a perennially popular French given name, and Jacques or Jacques Bonhomme has been used (like John Bull in English) as a typification... Read more |
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Charlotte Amalie
Charlotte Amalie , town (2000 pop. 11,044), capital of the Virgin Islands of the United States, on St. Thomas Island. It is the commercial center of the islands, a free port, and a popular tourist resort. Founded in the late 17th cent., Charlotte Amalie was a center of Danish colonial life. It... Read more |
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Morgantown
Morgantown, West Virgina/USA The first community was destroyed by Native Americans in 1758, but in 1766 General Zackquill Morgan founded a new settlement which was named after him.... Read more |
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Zomba
Zomba, Malawi Founded in 1885 with a Nyanja name meaning ‘Locust’. It lies on the lower slopes of Mt Zomba. It was the capital of Malawi in 1966–75.... Read more |
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