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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, published by Columbia University Press
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia contains entries on people, places, events, historical facts and terms, with bibliographies for further reading.
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Valtellina (geographical area, Italy)
value (in economics)
value-added tax (in economics)
valve (mechanical device)
vampire (character)
vampire bat (mammal)
Van (city, Turkey)
Van Allen radiation belts (in astrophysics)
Van Wert (city, Ohio)
Van, Lake (lake, Turkey)
vanadium (metal, element)
Vanadzor (city, Armenia)
vancomycin (drug)
Vancouver (city, Canada)
Vancouver (city, Washington)
Vancouver Island (island, Canada)
Vandalia (city, Ohio)
Vandals (people)
Vandenberg Air Force Base (geographical area, United States)
Vanderbilt University (university, Tennessee)
Vänern (lake, Sweden)
Vänersborg (city, Sweden)
Vanier (city, Canada)
vanilla (plant, spice)
Vannes (city, France)
Vantaa (city, Finland)
Vanua Levu (island, the Pacific/Fiji)
Vanuatu (country)
Vaphio cups (in archeology)
vapor pressure (in chemistry)
vaporization (in chemistry)
Var (department, France)
Varanasi (city, India)
Varangians (people, Russia)
Vardar (river, Macedonia)
Vardø (city, Norway)
Varese (city, Italy)
variable star (in astronomy)
variation (in music)
varicose vein (condition)
Varkaus (city, Finland)
Varna (city, Bulgaria)
varnish (material)
Varnsdorf (city, Czech Republic)
varve (in geology)
varying hare (mammal)
Vasa (dynasty, Sweden/Poland)
vascular bundle (in botany)
vase (in household)
vasectomy (procedure)