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Uele

(Encyclopedia)Uele or Welle both: wĕˈlā [key], river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, rising in NE Congo (Kinshasa), central Africa, and flowing west to merge with the Bomu River and thus form the Ubangi River at the ...

Thon Buri

(Encyclopedia)Thon Buri tŭn bo͝orˈē [key], district of metropolitan Bangkok, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, Thailand. It is a center of rice milling, sawmilling, and light manufacturing industries. ...

Galerius

(Encyclopedia)Galerius (Caius Galerius Valerius Maximinianus) gəlērˈēəs [key], d. 310, Roman emperor (305–10). Diocletian appointed him caesar for the eastern part of the empire in 293 (Constantius I was cae...

Chandannagar

(Encyclopedia)Chandannagar chŭnˌdərnəgôrˈ [key], city, West Bengal state, E India, on the Hugli River, a suburb of ...

Haora

(Encyclopedia)Haora houˈrä [key], city, West Bengal state, E central India, on the Hugli River opposite K...

Mureşul

(Encyclopedia)Mureşul mŏˈrôsh [key], river, c.470 mi (760 km) long, rising in the Carpathian Mts., N central Romania. It flows generally west, past Deva and Arad, into S Hungary, where it joins the Tisza River ...

Kidron

(Encyclopedia)Kidron sēˈdrən [key], in the Bible, brook or field, the present-day Qidron (West Bank), E of Jerusalem between the city and the Mount of Olives. See also Jehoshaphat. ...

Aberdare

(Encyclopedia)Aberdare ăbərdârˈ [key], Welsh Aberdâr, town , Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales. Originally a processing center for iron and coal, Aberdare has become the service center a...

En-gannim

(Encyclopedia)En-gannim ĕn-gănˈĭm [key], in the Bible. 1 Town of Judah. 2 Levitical city, the modern Jenin (West Bank), at the southeastern end of the plain of Esdraelon. An alternate form is Anem. ...

Hordaland

(Encyclopedia)Hordaland hôrˈdälän [key], county, c.6,030 sq mi (15,600 sq km), SW Norway, bordering on the ...