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Tamale

(Encyclopedia)Tamale təmäˈlē [key], town (1984 pop. 136,828), capital of the Northern Region, N Ghana. It is a road junction and agricultural trade and education center. ...

Cegléd

(Encyclopedia)Cegléd tsĕgˈlād [key], city (1991 est. pop. 37,013), central Hungary. It is a road and rail hub and a trade center for agricultural products. ...

Nadiad

(Encyclopedia)Nadiad nŭdˈēäd [key], city (1991 pop. 170,217), Gujurat state, W central India. It is a center of modern agricultural production and an important road and rail hub. ...

Pilgrims' Way

(Encyclopedia)Pilgrims' Way, ancient English road that ran from Hampshire to Kent, over the Sussex Downs. It is so called because it may have been used during the Middle Ages by pilgrims who came to Canterbury to t...

Ofen, Alpine pass, Switzerland

(Encyclopedia)Ofen ōˈfən [key], Alpine pass, 7,070 ft (2,155 m) high, Grisons canton, E Switzerland. The Ofen Pass Road links the Engadine Valley with the Italian Tyrol. ...

Kiskunfélegyháza

(Encyclopedia)Kiskunfélegyháza kĭshˈkoŏnfāˈlĕdyəhäˌzŏ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 34,130), S central Hungary. It is a road and rail junction; trade and industry are based on the agricultural products of...

Grimsel

(Encyclopedia)Grimsel grĭmˈzəl [key], pass, 7,159 ft (2,182 m) high, S Switzerland, between the Rhône and Aare valleys. The Grimsel Road (built 1891–94), over the pass, connects Bern and Valais cantons. ...

Andermatt

(Encyclopedia)Andermatt änˈdərmät [key], village, Uri canton, S central Switzerland. It is a road junction, health resort, and sports center. The St. Gotthard Tunnel runs beneath the village. Andermatt has a 12...

Icknield Street

(Encyclopedia)Icknield Street ĭkˈnēld [key], name for a prehistoric road in England, extending SW from the Wash, along the line of the Chiltern Hills and Berkshire Downs, to Salisbury Plain. ...

Caudine Forks

(Encyclopedia)Caudine Forks kôˈdīn [key], narrow passes in the Southern Apennines, S Italy, on the road from Capua to Benevento. There, in 321 b.c., the Samnites routed a Roman army. ...