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| Manzanar Relocation Center |
an internment camp located in east-central California that was built for the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II between 1942 and 1945. At its peak in late 1942, there were over 10,000 people being held there. Manzanar was the first and largest of the relocation centers and is now preserved as a National Historic Site. |
| mound |
a raised area, as over the site of buried objects. [1/6 definitions] |
| Mt. Hime |
also known as Himeyama, site of Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. |
| multisite |
combined form of site. |
| national monument |
a natural landmark or historic site maintained and preserved by a national government for public enjoyment or use. |
| Olympia |
a plain in southwestern Greece that was the original site of the Olympic games. [1/2 definitions] |
| Palacio Nacional |
any similar palace that serves as an official presidential residence or site of cultural heritage, such as found in Guatemala and Portugal. [1/2 definitions] |
| Patuxet |
Wampanoag village in southeastern Massachusetts whose inhabitants nearly all died of illness between 1616 and 1618. In 1620, English colonists established Plymouth Colony at the site of this village. |
| prefabricate |
to construct (building sections, parts, or the like) at a factory , for rapid on-site assembly. [1/2 definitions] |
| pressroom |
the room in a newspaper office, or the usu. temporary headquarters at or near the site of some news event, set aside for the reporters. [1/2 definitions] |
| recession1 |
a procession out of or back from the site of a ceremony. [1/3 definitions] |
| resite |
combined form of site. |
| Salem |
a seaport in northeastern Massachusetts, site of witchcraft trials in 1692. [1/2 definitions] |
| Saqqara |
village in Egypt near Cairo that served as the site of burial grounds for rulers of ancient Egypt and is home to some of the oldest pyramids. |
| scaffolding |
one or more scaffolds at a particular site. [1/2 definitions] |
| shrine |
a container holding sacred relics, or the site of such a container. [1/3 definitions] |
| situation |
place, site, or manner of location. [1/4 definitions] |
| son et lumière |
a dramatic presentation, or the technique of such, using special lighting effects and live or recorded narration or music, often presented at a historic site. |
| spaceport |
a site for the maintenance, testing, launching, and landing of spacecraft. |
| space station |
a large artificial satellite in long-term orbit, designed to be used as a military outpost, scientific research laboratory, or site for the assembly and launching of other spacecraft. |
| subsite |
combined form of site. |
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