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Nederland

(Encyclopedia)Nederland nēˈdərlənd [key], city (1990 pop. 16,192), Jefferson co., SE Tex.; founded by Dutch settlers as a rice-farming community in 1897, inc. 1940. Primarily a residential suburb between Beaumo...

Woodland

(Encyclopedia)Woodland, city (1990 pop. 39,802), seat of Yolo co., N central Calif., in a fertile farm area yielding tomatoes, wheat, rice, beans, vegetables, walnuts, almonds, melons, safflower, and sugar beets; i...

Barisal

(Encyclopedia)Barisal bərĭsälˈ [key], city, S Bangladesh, on the Ganges River delta. It is an important ...

Baleshwar

(Encyclopedia)Baleshwar bäˈləsôr [key], town, Odisha (Orissa) state, E India, near the Bay of Bengal on the ...

Dinajpur

(Encyclopedia)Dinajpur dĭnäjˈpo͝or [key], city, N Bangladesh, on the Punarbhaba River. It is an important ...

Cape Verde

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Cape Verde vûd [key], Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (...

Sittwe

(Encyclopedia)Sittwe ăk yăbˈ [key], city (1983 pop. 107,607), capital of Rakhine State, W Myanmar, at the mouth of the Kaladan River and on the Bay of Bengal. It is an important port and rice-milling center. Ori...

Baharampur

(Encyclopedia)Baharampur bûrˈəmpôr [key], city, West Bengal state, E central India. It is a road and rail ...

Wilson, August

(Encyclopedia)Wilson, August, 1945–2005, American playwright and poet, b. Pittsburgh as Frederick August Kittel, Jr. Largely self-educated, Wilson first attracted wide critical attention with his Broadway debut, ...

Crowley

(Encyclopedia)Crowley krouˈlē [key]. <1> City (2020 pop. 11,710), seat of Acadia parish, SW La.; in...