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Singapore Strait

(Encyclopedia)Singapore Strait, channel, 30 mi (48 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, between Singapore island and the Riau Archipelago, Indonesia. It links the Strait of Malacca with the South China Sea and is a m...

Aioi

(Encyclopedia)Aioi ī-oiˈ [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea and Aioi Bay. It is a major port with a good natural harbor. ...

Pescara

(Encyclopedia)Pescara, city (1991 pop. 122,236), capital of Pescara prov., in Abruzzi, central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea at the mouth of the Pescara River. It is a fishing port and a seaside resort. Cement, textil...

Alcibiades

(Encyclopedia)Alcibiades ălsĭbīˈədēz [key], c.450–404 b.c., Athenian statesman and general. Of the family of Alcmaeonidae, he was a ward of Pericles and was for many years a devoted attendant of Socrates. H...

Den Helder

(Encyclopedia)Den Helder dŭn hĕlˈdər [key], city, North Holland prov., NW Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is ...

Innoshima

(Encyclopedia)Innoshima ēn-nōˈshĭmä [key], city, Hiroshima prefecture, on Innoshima Island, Japan, on the ...

Kem

(Encyclopedia)Kem kĕm [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, Karelia, NW European Russia. It rises SE of Kuusamo, Finland, and flows E into the White Sea. ...

Argob

(Encyclopedia)Argob ärˈgŏb [key], in the Bible, region of Bashan, E of the Sea of Galilee. The interpretation of Argob as a person in Second Kings is uncertain. ...