west indian birch — noun Usage: usually capitalized W&I : gumbo limbo 1 … Useful english dictionary
birch — /berrch/, n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close grained wood. Cf. birch family. 2. the wood itself. 3. a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used esp. for whipping. adj. 4 … Universalium
West Virginia Waterways — finds its source at the highland watersheds of the Allegheny Mountains. These watersheds supply drainage to the creeks often passing through deep and narrow hollows. From the hollows, rushing highland streams collect in bottom land brooks and… … Wikipedia
Indian mathematics — mdash;which here is the mathematics that emerged in South Asia from ancient times until the end of the 18th century mdash;had its beginnings in the Bronze Age Indus Valley civilization (2600 1900 BCE) and the Iron Age Vedic culture (1500 500 BCE) … Wikipedia
West Virginia — West Virginian. a state in the E United States. 1,949,644; 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Cap.: Charleston. Abbr.: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va. * * * State (pop., 2000: 1,808,344), east central U.S. It covers an area of 24,232 sq mi (62,760 … Universalium
West Virginia — • The state bounded by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and on Kentucky Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. West Virginia West Virginia … Catholic encyclopedia
Indian Rebellion of 1857 — Sepoy Mutiny redirects here. For other uses, see Sepoy Mutiny (disambiguation). Indian Rebellion of 1857 A 1912 map of Northern India The Revolt of 1857–59 showing the centres of rebellion including the principal ones … Wikipedia
Northeast Indian — ▪ people Introduction member of any of the Native American peoples living at the time of European contact in the area roughly bounded in the north by the transition from predominantly deciduous forest to the taiga, in the east by the Atlantic… … Universalium
Mille Lacs Indian Reservation — is the land base for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Central Minnesota, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Minneapolis St. Paul. The reservation has portions in Mille Lacs, Pine, Aitkin and Crow Wing counties, consisting of nine Band… … Wikipedia
Romney, West Virginia — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Romney, West Virginia settlement type = City nickname = West Virginia s Oldest Town |Early 20th Century view of Romney imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of… … Wikipedia
