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biographical name(Hum-boldt)(Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Heinrich) Alexander von 1769—1859 German naturalist, traveler, and statesman
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biographical name(Hum-boldt)(Karl) Wilhelm von 1767—1835 brother of Alexander von Humboldt German philologist and diplomat
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geographical name(Hum-boldt)river 290 miles (467 kilometers) long in northern Nevada flowing west and southwest into Rye Patch reservoir and formerly into Humboldt Lake
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geographical name(Hum-boldt)bay of the Pacific in northwestern California on which the city of Eureka is situated
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geographical name(Hum-boldt)glacier in northwestern Greenland
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geographical name(Hum-boldt)lake in western Nevada formerly receiving the Humboldt River; has no outlet but has an intermittent southern extension called Humboldt Sink