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Bissau

(Encyclopedia)Bissau bĭsouˈ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 197,610), capital of Guinea-Bissau, a port in the Geba estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean. It is the country's largest city, major port, and administrative and...

Cap-Haïtien

(Encyclopedia)Cap-Haïtien käp-äēsyăNˈ [key], city, N Haiti, on the Atlantic Ocean. Haiti's second largest city, ...

Ilhéus

(Encyclopedia)Ilhéus ēlyĕˈo͞os [key], city, Bahia state, E Brazil, a port on Ilhéus Bay, an inlet of ...

Kristiansund

(Encyclopedia)Kristiansund krĭstyänso͝onˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 17,098), Møre og Romsdal co., W Norway, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the site of a large trawler fleet and has industries that produce sh...

Arecibo

(Encyclopedia)Arecibo ärəsēˈbō [key], city, N Puerto Rico, a port on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Rio Grande de Arecibo. It has rum distilleries and is the commercial and...

Parnaíba

(Encyclopedia)Parnaíba pərnīēˈbə [key], river c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the highlands of NE Brazil. It flows generally north, forming the boundary between Maranhão and Piauí states, and enters the...

Curitiba

(Encyclopedia)Curitiba ko͞orētēˈbä [key], city, capital of Paraná state, SE Brazil. It was founded in ...

Eger, city, Hungary

(Encyclopedia)Eger ĕˈgĕr [key], Ger. Erlau, city (1991 est. pop. 62,474), NE Hungary, on the Eger River. It is the commercial center of a wine-producing region and has food- and tobacco-processing plants. Eger i...

Durango, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Durango vēktôrˈyä ᵺā [key], city, capital of Durango state, N central Mexico, along the highway ...

Derby, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Derby därˈbē, dûrˈ– [key], city and unitary authority, central England, on the Derwent River. ...