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Dubrovnik

(Encyclopedia)Dubrovnik do͞oˈbrôvnĭk [key], Ital. Ragusa, city, in extreme S Croatia, on a promontory o...

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio

(Encyclopedia)Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio fo͞olhĕnˈsēō bätēˈstä ē säldēˈvär [key], 1901–73, president of Cuba (1940–44, 1952–59). An army sergeant, Batista took part in the overthrow of Gerar...

Medina, Danilo Sánchez

(Encyclopedia)Medina, Danilo Sánchez dänēˈlō mĕdēˈnä sänˈchās [key], 1951–, Dominican political leader. A member of the Dominican Liberation party, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1...

Lismore, town, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Lismore lĭsmôrˈ, lĭz– [key], town (1991 pop. 715), Co. Waterford, S Republic of Ireland, on the Blackwater River. It is a market town with a salmon fishing industry. In the 7th cent., St. Cartha...

Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mordovia, Russia. ...

Louth, county, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Louth louᵺ [key], county (1991 pop. 90,724), 317 sq mi (821 sq km), NE Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Dundalk. The region borders the Irish Sea from the mouth of the Boyne River to Carlingf...

Longford, county, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Longford, county (1991 pop. 30,296), 403 sq mi (1,044 sq km), N central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Longford. A part of the central plain of Ireland, it has level land with numerous small ...

Longford, town, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Longford, town (1991 pop. 6,393), seat of Co. Longford, N central Republic of Ireland, on the Camlin River. It is primarily a farm market. The Roman Catholic bishopric of Ardagh and Clonmacnois is the...

Limerick, county, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Limerick lĭmˈərĭk [key], county (1991 pop. 161,956), 1,037 sq mi (2,686 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. Limerick is the county seat. The region is an agricultural plain lying S of the Shannon estu...

Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. The primary imports are grain, timber, and coal...