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Mascara

(Encyclopedia) MascaraMascaramăsˈkərə, mäsˈkärä [key], town (1998 pop. 80,797), NW Algeria. The town is also known as Mouaskar. It is an administrative center, a garrison town, and a marketplace,…

Kanpur

(Encyclopedia) KanpurKanpurkänˈp&oobreve;r [key], city (1991 pop. 2,029,889), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ganges River. A major industrial center, it produces chemicals, textiles…

Cesis

(Encyclopedia) Cesis Cesis tsāˈsēs, –zēz [key], Ger. Wenden, town, central Latvia, on the Gauja…

Europa Island

(Encyclopedia) Europa IslandEuropa Islandy&oobreve;rōˈpə [key], volcanic island, c.11 sq mi (28 sq km), between Madagascar and Mozambique in the Mozambique Channel, W Indian Ocean, part of the…

Farrukhabad

(Encyclopedia) Farrukhabad Farrukhabad fər&oobreve;khˈäbädˌ [key], joint municipality with Fategarh, Uttar Pradesh…

Morgan, John Hunt

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, John Hunt, 1825–64, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Huntsville, Ala. He spent most of his early life in Kentucky. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Morgan…

Newburyport

(Encyclopedia) Newburyport, city (1990 pop. 16,317), a seat of Essex co., NE Mass., at the mouth of the Merrimack River; settled 1635, set off from Newbury and inc. 1764. Its silverware industry…

Warner, Olin Levi

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Olin Levi, 1844–96, American sculptor, b. Suffield, Conn. He studied art in Paris, working for a time as an assistant to J.-B. Carpeaux. He served in the Franco-Prussian War (…

Breda

(Encyclopedia) Breda Breda brādäˈ [key], city, North Brabant prov., S Netherlands, at the confluence of the…

Sacsahuamán

(Encyclopedia) SacsahuamánSacsahuamánsäksäwämänˈ [key], stronghold of the Incas outside Cuzco, Peru. Built in the 15th cent., Sacsahuamán is an imposing terraced fortress more than one third of a…