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Capua

(Encyclopedia)Capua käˈpwä [key], town, Campania, S Italy, on the Volturno River. It is an agricultural ...

Hirosaki

(Encyclopedia)Hirosaki hērōˈsäkē [key], city, Aomori prefecture, N Honshu, Japan. A commercial center, it ...

Clare Island

(Encyclopedia)Clare Island, c.6 sq mi (15 sq km), Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, at the entrance to Clew Bay. There are ruins of a 13th-century Carmelite abbey and of the 16th-century castle of Grania or Grace O'...

Royal Greenwich Observatory

(Encyclopedia)Royal Greenwich Observatory, astronomical observatory established in 1675 by Charles II of England at Greenwich and known as the Royal Observatory. It moved during 1948–57 to Herstmonceux Castle, Su...

Inuyama

(Encyclopedia)Inuyama ēno͞oyäˈmä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kiso River. ...

Campobasso

(Encyclopedia)Campobasso kämˌpōbäsˈsō [key], city, capital of Molise and of Campobasso prov., S central Italy. ...

Old Sarum

(Encyclopedia)Old Sarum sârˈəm [key], site of a former city, Wiltshire, S England, just N of Salisbury (New Sarum). Excavations and scanning technologies have revealed remains of a British Iron Age fort, the Rom...

Himeji

(Encyclopedia)Himeji hēmāˈjē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A railroad and market cen...

Kurume

(Encyclopedia)Kurume ko͞oro͞oˈmā [key], city (1990 pop. 228,347), Fukuoka prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on the Chikugo Plain. It is a commercial and agricultural center and manufactures rubber and cotton goods. ...

Peebles, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Peebles pēˈbəlz [key], town (1991 pop. 6,750), Scottish Borders, S Scotland, at the confluence of Eddleston Water and the Tweed River. It is a mountain resort and a farm market with woolen mills. R...