These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Managua, Mananan, Manaos.
the capital of Nicaragua, situated in a fertile district, on the S. shore of Lake Managua, 53 miles S. E. of Leon. Pop. about 35,000. MANAHIKI (mä-ne-hēkē) ISLANDS, a group of low, wooded atolls, scattered over the Central Pacific, between the Marquesas and Union groups; area 12 square miles; pop. (1920) about 500. Most of these islands, as Caroline, Malden, Starbuck, Penrhyn, Humphrey, Vostok, Flint, and two or three others, belong to New Zealand.
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Son of the Irish sea-god Lir, magician and owner of strange possessions. His magical boat "Ocean-sweeper" steered by the wishes of its occupant; his horse Aonban, able to travel on sea or land; and his sword Fragarach, a match for any mail; were brought by Lugh from "The Land of the Living" (Fairyland). As lord of the sea he was the Irish Charon, and his colour-changing cloak would flap gaily as he marched with heavy tread round the camp of the hostile force invading Erin. He is comparable with the Cymric Manawiddan and resembles the Hellenic Proteus.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) capital of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on the Rio Negro, 12 miles above its confluence with the Amazon. A whitewashed cathedral rises in the center of the town, which also has a custom house and a military hospital. It is a well-built city, with many modern municipal improvements. There are a school of chemistry, a museum, and a public library. The city is a steamboat station, and has a considerable trade in various forest products, but principally in india-rubber. Pop. about 50,000. MANASAROWAR (mä "nä-sä"rowär'), a lake of Tibet, N. of the main chain of the Himalaya Mountains; it is almost circular in form, about 15 miles in diameter, and drained by the Sutlej.
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a small town in Prince William co., Va. (twice during the Civil War an important military position), where the Alexandria and Manassas Gap railways meet, near a creek named Bull Run, 35 miles S. W. of Washington, D. C. The battles of Bull Run, fought July 21, 1861, and Aug. 29- 30, 1862, were known to the Confederates as the battles of Manassas.
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in Scripture history, the eldest son of Joseph, born in Egypt. His descendants constituted a full tribe. This was divided in the promised land; one part having settled E. of the Jordan, in the country of Bashan, from the river Jabbok N.; and the other W. of the Jordan, between Ephraim and Isnachar, extending from the Jordan to the Mediterranean. A King of Judah, who succeeded his father, Hezekiah, at the age of 12 years. In 677 B. c. Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, invaded his dominions, and carried Manasseh captive to Babylon. After a long captivity, the King of Babylon restored him to his kingdom. On his return to Jerusalem he established the worship of the true God. He died in 643 b. c.
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LA (män'chä), a district of Spain, in the old kingdom of New Castile, comprising most of the present province of Ciudad Real, with parts of Albacete, Toledo, and Cuena. It is the country of the ever-memorable Don Quixote, his squire Sancho Panza, and of the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso.
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LA, a maritime department in the N. W. of France, formed from the old province of Normandy, derives its name from La Manche (the English Channel), which washes its rock coasts; greatest length, 81 miles; average breadth, 28 miles; area, 2,475 square miles; pop. about 500,000. The climate is mild, but humid. Cereals, flax, hemp, beet root, and fruits are extensively cultivated. Horses of the true Norman breed are reared, and excellent cattle and sheep are fed on the extensive pastures. There are valuable granite quarries. The port of Cherbourg and the rock of St. Michel (with its celebrated abbey) belong to this department.
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a city and one of the county-seats of Hillsboro co., N. H.; on the Merrimac river and on several branches of the Boston and Maine railroad; 56 miles N. of Boston. It derives water power for manufacturing from the Amoskeag Falls in the Merrimac, by means of a system of canals. There are the Elliott and Sacred Heart Hospitals, the Woman's Aid Home, United States Government Building, public library, high etc. school, and training school. The city has waterworks supplied by gravity from Lake Massabesic, electric light and street railroad plants, several National banks, daily and weekly newspapers, and more than 30 churches. The chief industrial plants are the great Amoskeag, Stark, nd Amory cotton mills. Manchester, and The city also has manufactories of loco motives, fire engines, machinery, hosiery, shoes, etc. Pop. (1910) 70,063; (1920) 78,384.
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a town in Hartford co., Conn.; on the Hockanum river and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford and South Manchester railroads. There is a public library, high school, electric street railroad, and electric lights, and several newspapers. It has extensive manufacturing plants, including the great Cheney silk mills, paper mills, cotton and woolen mills, electrical supply works, etc. The town was reincorporated in 1907 and has the commission form of government. Pop. (1910) 13,641; (1920) 18,370.
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a people of Tungusic (Siberian Mongolian) origin, whose representatives held the throne of China from 1644 to 1912. Before the conquest of China they were a rough, energetic, warlike people who after assuming the government of the empire showed determination and efficiency. Their original home, it is believed, was the base of the Long White Mountains north of Korea (Chosen), from whence commanded by a chieftain, Nurhachu (born 1559), they conquered almost all of Manchuria. In invited the Manchus to Peking to assist in crushing a rebellion. They came, conquered, and remained, establishing upon the Chinese throne the "Great Pure" dynasty which reigned from 1644 to 1912.
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