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Memel Territory

(Encyclopedia)Memel Territory māˈməl [key], Ger. Memelland, name applied to the district (1,092 sq mi/2,828 sq km) of former East Prussia situated on the east coast of the Baltic Sea and the right (northern) ban...

Khabarovsk

(Encyclopedia)Khabarovsk khəbäˈrəfsk, khəbərôfskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 601,000), capital of Khabarovsk Territory and the administrative center of the Far Eastern federal district, Russian Far East, on the...

Jamestown, town, St. Helena

(Encyclopedia)Jamestown, town, port, and capital (1998 pop. 864) of Saint Helena, in the S Atlantic. Once a busy coaling station on the East India route, it lost its importance after the opening of the Suez Canal, ...

Avon, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Avon, former county, SW England, bordering the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel. Created in 1974 from S Gloucestershire, Bristol, and N Somerset. it was dissolved in 1996 into four unitary autho...

Beracah

(Encyclopedia)Beracah bērāˈkə [key], in the Bible. 1 One who joined David at Ziklag. 2 Valley, N of Hebron, running roughly east-west. ...

Crewe

(Encyclopedia)Crewe kro͞o [key], town, Cheshire East, W central England. It is an important railroad junct...

Coolgardie

(Encyclopedia)Coolgardie, Australia: see East Coolgardie Goldfield; Kalgoorlie. ...

Bexhill

(Encyclopedia)Bexhill bĕksˈhĭlˈ [key], town, East Sussex, SE England. It is a summer resort and has a 1...

Sasebo

(Encyclopedia)Sasebo säsāˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 244,677), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It is a commercial and fishing port and naval base on the East China Sea. ...

White House

(Encyclopedia)White House, official name of the executive mansion of the President of the United States. It is on the south side of Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., facing Lafayette Square. The building, constr...