Virginia: a state in the eastern U.S., on the Atlantic coast, it was the site of the first permanent European settlement in North America at Jamestown in 1607; pop. 7,078,515
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Taylor: Zachary (1784–1850), 12th president of the U.S. 1849–50; long in the military 1808–49, he became a national hero after his victories in the war with Mexico 1846–48
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Charlotte: a dessert made of stewed fruit or mousse with a casing or covering of bread, sponge cake, ladyfingers, or breadcrumbs
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Andover: a town in northeastern Massachusetts, home to Phillips Academy, a noted prep school; pop. 29,151
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Burton: Sir Richard Francis (1821–90), English explorer, anthropologist, and translator; in 1858 he and John Hanning Speke were the first Europeans to see Lake Tanganyika
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Geneva: a city in southwestern Switzerland; it is headquarters of international bodies such as the Red Cross, various organizations of the United Nations, and the World Health Organization; pop. 167,000
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Dartmouth: a private, coeducational university located in Hanover,New Hampshire; a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution
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La Salle: RenĂ©-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de (1643–87), French explorer; he sailed from Canada down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf of Mexico in 1682, naming the Mississippi basin Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV
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Ivy: a woody evergreen Eurasian climbing plant, typically having shiny, dark green five-pointed leaves
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Dream Catcher: a small hoop containing a horsehair mesh, or a similar construction of string or yarn, decorated with feathers and beads, believed to give its owner good dreams
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Victoria: a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a collapsible hood, seats for two passengers, and an elevated driver's seat in front
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Harvard: an Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636; the oldest American university
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Cortez: Hernando (1485-1547), first of the Spanish Conquistador; he overthrew the Aztec empire by conquering its capital, Tenochtitlan in 1519
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Westminster: an inner London borough that contains the Houses of Parliament and many government offices
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Oxford: a city in central England on the Thames River, Oxford University is located here; pop. 109,000
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Chippendale: Thomas (1718-1779), English furniture-maker and designer,he produced furniture in a neoclassical vein, with elements of the French rococo, chinoiserie, and Gothic revival styles
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Pearl: a hard, lustrous, spherical mass typically white or bluish-gray, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster and highly prized as a gem
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Eucalyptus: a fast-growing evergreen Australasian tree that has been widely introduced elsewhere; valued for it timber, oil, gum and resin
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Anchorage: a seaport in southern Alaska, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, the state's largest city; pop. 260, 283
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Key West: a city in southern Florida,on Key West island, at the southern tip of the Florida Keys; the southernmost city in the continental U.S.
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St Peter: a leader of the Christian church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Act of the Apostles
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Dakota: a member of a North American Indian people of the upper Mississippi valley and the surrounding plains
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Mediterranean: of or characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea, the countries bordering it, or their inhabitants
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Santa Barbara: a resort city in California, on the Pacific coast, northwest of Los Angeles; pop. 85,571
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Aragon: an autonomous region in northeastern Spain, bounded on the north by Pyrenees and on the east by Catalonia and Valencia
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Mohawk: a member of an American Indian people, one of the Five Nations, originally inhabiting parts of eastern New York
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Rosse: Andy (1932-1987), founder of "The Bubble Room", a restaurant on Sanibel Island located just offshore in the Gulf coast
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Mangrove: a tree that grows in muddy, chiefly tropical coastal swamps that are inundated at high tide
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