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Birmingham, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Birmingham bûrˈmĭngəm [key], city and metropolitan borough (2021 city pop. 2,606,374; met...

Bursa, city, Turkey

(Encyclopedia)Bursa bo͝orsäˈ [key], city, capital of Bursa prov., NW Turkey. The market center of a rich...

Brunswick, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Brunswick or Braunschweig brounˈshvīk [key], city, Lower Saxony, central Germany, on th...

Brest, city, France

(Encyclopedia)Brest brĕst [key], city, Finistère dept., NW France, on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. It ...

Brest, city, Belarus

(Encyclopedia)Brest –lĭtôfskˈ [key], Pol. Brześć nad Bugiem, city, capital of Brest region, W Belaru...

Bristol, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Bristol, city and unitary authority (2021 est. pop. 694,000), SW England, at the confluence of the Avon and Frome rivers. Bristol, a leading internation...

Campeche, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Campeche, city, capital of Campeche state, SE Mexico, on the Yucatán peninsula. It is fortified and surrounded by 18th-century walls. Although it remai...

Canton, city, China

(Encyclopedia)Canton: see Guangzhou, China.

Carlisle, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Carlisle, city and district, Cumbria, NW England, near the junction of the Caldew, Eden, and Petteril rivers. The city of Carlisle is an important rail ...

Westminster, City of

(Encyclopedia)Westminster, City of, inner borough (1991 pop. 181,500) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. Westminster is the location of the principal offices and residences of Great Britain's natio...