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Baptists Baptists
Baptists denomination of Protestant Christians holding a distinctive belief with regard to the ordinance of baptism . Since 1644 the name has been applied to those who maintain that baptism should be administered to none but believers and that immersion is the only mode of administering baptism... Read more
Sumner Welles Sumner Welles
Welles, (Benjamin) Sumner (1892–1961),US under-secretary of state from 1937 until his resignation in September 1943. He was highly thought of by Roosevelt who liked to deal with him direct. He represented the US at the Panama conference in September 1939 and in early 1940 was dispatched... Read more
Logan Logan
Logan, Australia, Canada, USA 1. Australia (Queensland): a river named after a Captain Logan who was killed here by Aborigines.2. Canada (Yukon Territory): a mountain named after Sir William Logan (1798–1875), founder of the Geological Survey of Canada.3. USA (Utah): named after Ephraim... Read more
Hopi Hopi
Hopi Shoshonean-speaking tribe of Native Americans. They are famous for having retained the purest form of pre-Columbian life to have survived in the USA today. Today, c.6000 Hopi live in Arizona.... Read more
Morgantown 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
Niobrara Niobrara
Niobrara, Nebraska/USA A river and a town with a Native American name meaning ‘Broad Water’ or ‘Running Water’.... Read more
Episcopalianism Episcopalianism
EPISCOPALIANISM EPISCOPALIANISM. The Episcopal Church, U.S.A., is the representative of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Anglicanism first came to America with the Jamestown settlement in 1607 and enjoyed establishment status in Virginia and other southern colonies. In the Middle... Read more
Leominster Leominster
Leominster, UK, USA 1. UK (England): formerly Leomynster and Leominstre ‘Church in Leon’, Leon being an old Celtic name meaning ‘at the streams’ for the district on the Rivers Arrow and Lugg, with the Old English mynster. A religious building was erected here in 660.2.... Read more
Perry Perry
Perry, Canada, USA USA: twelve cities have this name, a substantial number in tribute to Captain Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), an American naval officer who gained almost legendary status after defeating a British squadron at the Battle of Lake Erie in the 1812 war. Perrysburg in New... Read more
Pearl River Pearl River
Pearl River, China, USA 1. China (Guangdong): also known as the Zhū River from zhū ‘pearl’.2. USA: besides cities in Louisiana and New York, the Pearl River flows through Louisiana and Mississippi. The Native American name was Tallahatchie which the French translated as... Read more

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