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Macuto

(Encyclopedia)Macuto mäko͞oˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 13,937), Vargas state, N central Venezuela. Macuto is a popular beach resort near Caracas and adjoining La Guaira. ...

Ventnor City

(Encyclopedia)Ventnor City, city (1990 pop. 11,005), Atlantic co., SE N.J.; inc. 1903. It is a popular seaside resort adjacent to Atlantic City. Located on a 10-mi (16-km) sandbar known as Absecon Beach, Ventnor Ci...

Point Pleasant

(Encyclopedia)Point Pleasant, residential and resort borough (1990 pop. 18,177), Ocean co., E N.J., near the Manasquan Inlet; settled 1850, inc. 1920. The adjoining borough of Point Pleasant Beach (1990 pop. 5,112)...

Dinard

(Encyclopedia)Dinard dēnärˈ [key], town, Îlle-et-Vilaine dept., NW France, in Brittany, on an inlet of ...

Belle Glade

(Encyclopedia)Belle Glade, city (2020 pop. 20,276), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., near the southern tip of Lake Okeechobee; inc. 1928. Belle Glade is a trade and processin...

Santa Rosa Island

(Encyclopedia)Santa Rosa Island, narrow barrier beach between the Gulf of Mexico and Santa Rosa Sound, NW Fla. in the vicinity of Pensacola, extending c.50 mi (80 km) parallel to the coast. It is the site of Fort P...

Dieppe

(Encyclopedia)Dieppe dēĕpˈ [key], city, Seine-Maritime dept., N France, in Normandy, at the mouth of the...

Queens

(Encyclopedia)Queens, borough of New York City (1990 pop. 1,951,598), land area c.109 sq mi (293 sq km), on the western portion of Long Island, SE N.Y., coextensive with Queens co.; settled by the Dutch 1635, estab...

Mollendo

(Encyclopedia)Mollendo mōyĕnˈdō [key], town (1993 pop. 26,724), S Peru, a port on the Pacific Ocean. Mollendo exports wool and has industries producing cement, textiles, canned fish, and cheese. It is also a po...

Trouville-sur-Mer

(Encyclopedia)Trouville-sur-Mer tro͞ovēlˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,645), Calvados dept., N France, on the English Channel. It is a popular beach resort and has an active fishing industry. ...