All together, this mass of waste floating in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

That's too abstract." In the Bilski case, the court said patent examiners could consider what is known as the machine-or-transformation test.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixie because it is in the very middle of a group of states in the Deep South.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

It still is popular with people who live in West Virginia and visitors who have fallen in love with what is known as the Mountain State.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

One part of California is on what is known as the Pacific plate.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The city is known as the furniture-making center of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.12.10

The total of sea ice is known as the sea ice extent.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

In fact,Lillian Moller Gilbreth is known as the mother of modern management.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

One of the park's largest sandstone formations is known as the Sentinel.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

DAM is known as the first Palestinian group to sing hip-hop.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Downtown Chicago, the city's business center, is known as the Loop.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Today, the burial place is known as the Black Hills.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

This bowl of rock is known as the Tularosa Basin.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

This period is known as the Golden Age of Broadcasting.

VOA: special.2010.01.31