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Greenfield Village
Greenfield Village reproduction of an early American village, est. 1933 by Henry Ford at Dearborn, Mich., as part of the Edison Institute. A white-spired church, a town hall, an inn, a school, a courthouse, a general store, and other buildings are grouped about a typical New England village green.... Read more |
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Shantou
Shantou or Swatow , city (1994 est. pop. 718,800), SE Guangdong prov., China, a port on the South China Sea, in the Han River delta. When it was opened to foreign trade after the second Opium War , it was a minor fishing village. It became a special economic zone in 1979, which brought new... Read more |
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Lake George (village)
Lake George village (1990 est. pop. 1,100), seat of Warren co., E N.Y.; inc. 1903. Situated on the southern tip of Lake George in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts., it has been a popular vacation site since the mid-1800s and is now a year-round tourist and sports center. Vestiges of Fort... Read more |
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Mackinaw City
Mackinaw City , resort village (1990 pop. 875), Cheboygan and Emmet counties, N Mich., on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac; settled 1681, inc. 1882. The region was well traveled by traders, missionaries, and explorers during the 17th and 18th cent. French troops, sent to garrison Fort... Read more |
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Las Cruces
Las Cruces , city (1990 pop. 62,126), seat of Dona Ana co., SW N.Mex., on the Rio Grande, in a farm area irrigated by the Elephant Butte system; founded 1848, inc. 1907. It is the second largest city in New Mexico and was one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the 1990s. Its economy is... Read more |
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University of Arizona
University of Arizona at Tucson; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891. Because of the proximity of Pueblo villages and rich archaeological sites, Native American archaeology and ethnology are important fields of research. The university is also involved in... Read more |
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Manzini
Manzini, Swaziland KwaManzini, Bremersdorp ‘Bremer's Village’, from the Afrikaans dorp ‘village’, after Albert Bremer who opened a store here in 1887. In 1960 a shortened form of the original name ‘Place of Manzini’ was adopted. This referred to Manzini... Read more |
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Lin Piao
Lin Piao Lin Piao (1907-1971) was a Chinese Communist military commander and political leader. His distinguished military career and loyalty to the principles of Mao Tse-tung were the basis for his rise to second position in the Chinese Communist leadership. He was involved in an unsuccessful... Read more |
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Hidatsa
Hidatsa , Native North Americans, also known as the Minitari and the Gros Ventre. Their language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). After their separation from the Crow , with whom they were united before the historic period, they... Read more |
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Niles
Niles 1 Village (1990 pop. 28,284), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb adjacent to Chicago, on the Chicago River; settled 1832, inc. 1899. The village has a replica (half size) of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. 2 City (1990 pop. 12,458), Berrien co., SW Mich., on the St. Joseph River;... Read more |
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