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Gatineau, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Gatineau gătˈĭnō [key], city, SW Que., Canada, at the junction of the Gatineau and Ottawa ...Cornwall, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Cornwall, industrial city, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and elect...Bourassa, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Bourassa, Robert, 1933–96, Canadian political leader. He received a law degree from the Univ. of Montreal (1957) and later studied at Oxford and Harvard. He was elected to the Quebec Legislative Ass...Montmorency, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Montmorency mŏntˌmərĕnˈsē [key], town, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Montmorency rivers; now part of the municipality of Beauport. It is a suburb of Quebec city and t...Chicoutimi, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Chicoutimi shĭko͞oˈtĭmēˌ [key], city, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the Chicoutimi and ...Isabela, province, Philippines
(Encyclopedia)Isabela ĭzəbĕlˈə, Span. ēsäbāˈlä [key], province, NE Luzon, the Philippines...Antwerp, province, Belgium
(Encyclopedia)Antwerp ănˈtwûrp [key], Du. Antwerpen, Fr. Anvers, province, 1,104 sq mi (2,859 sq km), N Belgium, bordering on the Netherlands in the north. Antwerp (the provincial ca...Groningen, province, Netherlands
(Encyclopedia)Groningen grōˈnĭng-ən [key], province, c.900 sq mi (2,330 sq km), NE Netherlands, bordering on ...Formosa, province, Argentina
(Encyclopedia)Formosa, province, 27,825 sq mi (72,067 sq km), N Argentina. The city of Formosa is the capital.Jilin, province, China
(Encyclopedia)Jilin kēˈrĭnˈ [key], province (2010 pop. 27,462,297), 72,000 sq mi (186,528 sq km), NE China; one of the original Manchurian provinces. The capital is Changchun. It is bordered by Heilongjiang pro...Browse by Subject
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