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Cuttack

(Encyclopedia) Cuttack Cuttack kətăkˈ [key], city, Odisha (Orissa) state, E central India at the head of the…

Cienfuegos

(Encyclopedia) Cienfuegos Cienfuegos syānfwāˈgōs [key], city, capital of Cienfuegos prov., central Cuba, a port on the…

Hasa, Al

(Encyclopedia) Hasa, AlHasa, Aläl häˈsä, hăˈsə [key], region, E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. Administrated as the Eastern Province, Hofuf is the chief town. Dates, wheat, and rice are produced…

Modesto

(Encyclopedia) ModestoModestomōdĕsˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 164,278), seat of Stanislaus co., central Calif., on the Tuolumne River, near the northern end of the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1884. The…

Mangaluru

(Encyclopedia) Mangaluru, formerly MangaloreMangaloremăng-gəlôrˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 273,000), Karnataka state, SW India, on the Arabian Sea. A port, it trades in spices, rice, fish, nuts, and…

Mahanadi

(Encyclopedia) MahanadiMahanadiməhäˈnədē [key], river, c.550 mi (885 km) long, rising in S Chhattisgarh state, central India, and flowing north then east through a gorge in the Eastern Ghats, across…

Kumbakonam

(Encyclopedia) KumbakonamKumbakonamk&oobreve;mbəkōˈnəm [key], city (1991 pop. 150,869), Tamil Nadu state, SE India, on the Kaveri River. Its district, in the richest part of the river delta, has…

Patos, Lagoa dos

(Encyclopedia) Patos, Lagoa dosPatos, Lagoa dosləgôˈə d&oobreve;s päˈt&oobreve;s [key] [Port.,=lake of the ducks], shallow tidal lagoon, c.150 mi (240 km) long and up to 30 mi (48 km) wide,…

Brus, Louis

(Encyclopedia) Louis Brus, 1943– , b. Cleveland, Ohio, American chemist, studied at Rice University (B.S., 1965) and Columbia University (Ph.D.,…

Bida

(Encyclopedia) Bida Bida bēdäˈ [key], town, W central Nigeria. It is the trade center for a rice-growing…