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Oder

(Encyclopedia)Oder ōˈdər [key], Czech and Pol. Odra, river, 562 mi (904 km) long; the second longest river of Poland. It rises in the E Sudetes, NE Czech Republic, and flows generally NW through SW Poland, then ...

Santiago de los Caballeros

(Encyclopedia)Santiago de los Caballeros dā lōs käbäyāˈrōs [key], city (1993 pop. 364,859), N Dominican Republic, on the Yaque del Norte River. The second most important city in the country, it is a rail and...

Renner, Karl

(Encyclopedia)Renner, Karl kärl rĕnˈər [key], 1870–1950, Austrian socialist politician. A deputy after 1907, Renner became, following the abdication (Nov., 1918) of Emperor Charles I, the head of the provisio...

Franzensbad

(Encyclopedia)Franzensbad: see Františkovy Láznĕ, Czech Republic. ...

French Guinea

(Encyclopedia)French Guinea: see Guinea, republic, Africa. ...

Jungbunzlau

(Encyclopedia)Jungbunzlau: see Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. ...

Mountain-Altai

(Encyclopedia)Mountain-Altai: see Altai Republic, Russia. ...

Moravská Ostrava

(Encyclopedia)Moravská Ostrava, Czech Republic: see Ostrava. ...

Muckross

(Encyclopedia)Muckross, Republic of Ireland: see Killarney. ...

Moldau

(Encyclopedia)Moldau: see Vltava, river, Czech Republic. ...