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Union
a town of New Jersey, in Hudson co., adjacent to Weehawken and West Hoboken. There are important establishments for the manufacture of silk and embroidered goods, besides other industrial establishments. Pop. (1910) 21,023; (1920) 20,651.
Union College
a coeducational non-sectarian institution in College View, Neb.; founded in 1891; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 27; students, 473; president, H. A. Morrison, A. M.
Unterwalden
one of the four "Forest Cantons" of Switzerland, forms part of the hill country which surrounds the Lake of Lucerne; area, 295 square miles; pop. about 33,000. Unterwalden is divided into two parts, Upper and Lower; the capital of the Nidwald is Stanz, and of the Obwald Sarnen.
Upshur
ABEL PARKER, an Amerlegendary kings; and about 4 miles to the S. E. are the Mora stones, on which the old kings used to take the oath of good governance.
Urdee
or URDY, in heraldry, pointed. A cross-urdée is one in which the extremities are drawn to a sharp point instead of being cut straight.
Urena
in botany, the typical genus
Uruguay
a river of South America, Santa Catharina, flows first W., then which rises in Brazil, in the province of estuary of La Plata opposite Buenos gradually turns S., and finally enters the Aires; length, about 800 miles.
Urumiah
OROOMIAH, or UR- 64 miles S. W. of Tabriz. It is sup- MIAH, a city of Persia, in Azerbaijan; URUMIAH, OROOMIAH, or URtion of about 25,000. posed to be the birthplace of Zoroaster.
It is a fortified town and has a popula- 3,900 feet above sea-level; with a length
Usk
a river of Wales and England which enters the estuary of the Severn 3½ miles S. of Newport, and 18 miles N. W. of Bristol; length, 60 miles.
Uskup
or SKOPLJE, Jugoslavia, in the department of the same name; on the Vardar river, and on the Salonika-Mitrovitza railway, 110 miles N. N. W. of Salonika. It is the seat of an archbishop, and has manufactures of leather, and a pop. of about 50,000.
Ussuri
a river of eastern Asia, a tributary of the Amur; forming for a long distance the boundary between Russian and Chinese territories; length, 450 miles.