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Atami

(Encyclopedia)Atami ätäˈmē [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a major resort, famed for its scenery and its hot springs. Atami was once the site of a gey...

Memphis, University of

(Encyclopedia)Memphis, University of, at Memphis, Tenn.; coeducational; opened 1912 as a normal school, became West Tennessee State Teachers College in 1925. The school was renamed Memphis State College in 1941 and...

Madison, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Madison, river, 183 mi (295 km) long, rising in Yellowstone National Park, NW Wyo., and flowing W then N through SW Montana to join the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers at the Three Forks of the Missouri...

Korah

(Encyclopedia)Korah kōˈrə [key], in the Bible. 1 Levite leader, with Dathan and Abiram, of the unsuccessful revolt in the desert against the exclusive priesthood of the Aaronic family and against the leadership ...

American

(Encyclopedia)American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Au...

Cerignola

(Encyclopedia)Cerignola chārēnyôˈlä [key], city, Apulia, S Italy. It is an agricultural center and a t...

Bohol

(Encyclopedia)Bohol bôhôlˈ [key], island, 1,491 sq mi (3,862 sq km), the Philippines, one of the Visayan...

Ban, Shigeru

(Encyclopedia)Ban, Shigeru, 1957–, Japanese architect. After graduating (1984) from the Cooper Union School of Architecture, New York City, he established (1985) a practice in Tokyo, later adding offices in Paris...

Corinth, city, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Corinth kôˈrĭnthôs [key], city, capital of Corinth prefecture, S Greece, in the NE Pelopo...

Sarez, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Sarez, Lake, 37 mi (60 km) long, on the Murgab River, E central Tajikistan, in the Pamir 80 mi (129 km) NE of Khorugh. Sarez was formed (1911) when an earthquake caused a landslide that destroyed Usoi...