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41Alexander Gilmer — (September 7, 1829 July 30, 1906) was a sawmiller that became one of the United States’ most successful individual timberland owners in his era.Nicknamed Sandy , he was born in County Armagh, Ireland, the son of George and Jane Gilmer. He… …
42Stange Commons — (Bokmål: Stange almenning) is a municipal commons in the south of Stange municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway. The common area stretched from tha lake Mjøsa eastward to the traditional district of Odal (the modern municipalities of Sør… …
43Belshazzar — /bel shaz euhr/, n. a prince of Babylon, son of Nabonidus and co regent with him, referred to in the Bible as a king of Babylon and son of Nebuchadnezzar. Dan. 5. [ < Heb Belshassar < Akkadian Bel shar usur may Bel guard the king] * * * died с… …
44El Niño — /el neen yoh/; Sp. /el nee nyaw/ a warm ocean current of variable intensity that develops after late December along the coast of Ecuador and Peru and sometimes causes catastrophic weather conditions. [ < Sp: lit., the child, i.e., the Christ… …
45Arias de Saavedra, Hernando — ▪ governor of Río de la Plata byname Hernandarias born 1561?, Asunción [now in Paraguay] died 1634, Santa Fe [now in Argentina] Spanish American explorer, soldier, and lieutenant governor (1591–93) and governor (1602–09, 1614–18) of the… …
46United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
47France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
48Colombia — Colombian, adj., n. /keuh lum bee euh/; Sp. /kaw lawm byah/, n. a republic in NW South America. 37,418,290; 439,828 sq. mi. (1,139,155 sq. km). Cap.: Bogotá. * * * Colombia Introduction Colombia Background: Colombia was one of the three countries …
49Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
50United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
