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MOUNT, the highest peak (5,344 feet) in the Adirondacks, and the loftiest point in New York State. It is in Essex county, 10 miles south of Lake Placid.

MARDI GRAS (mär'de grä), Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent. In the United States the day is observed with great ceremonies, especially in New Orleans and Memphis. These include brilliant processions, masquerade balls, and other gay entertainments, which are participated in by thousands of visitors from all parts of the country.

MARDIN (mär-dēn'), a town in the vilayet of Diarbekir in north Mesopotamia, strikingly situated on the S. slopes of the Mardin Hills. Pop. about 25,000, of whom half are Moslem Kurds.

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