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Gloucester, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester glŏsˈtər, glôˈstər [key], city and district, Gloucestershire, W central England, on the ...

Anan, city, Japan

(Encyclopedia)Anan änˈän [key], city, Tokushima prefecture, E Shikoku, Japan, on the Kii Channel. The city was created in 1958 by the merger of Tomioka and Tachibana. An agricultural...

Guadalupe, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Guadalupe gwäᵺälo͞oˈpā [key], city, Nuevo León state, NE Mexico, on the Santa Catalina ...

Andong, city, China

(Encyclopedia)Andong, city, China: see Dandong. ...

Georgetown, city, Guyana

(Encyclopedia)Georgetown, city (1985 est. pop. 75,000), capital and largest city of Guyana, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Demerara River. It was known as Stabroek when the Dutch controlled the region an...

Amsterdam, city, Netherlands

(Encyclopedia)Amsterdam ămˈstərdămˌ, Dutch ämstərdämˈ [key], city (2021 pop. 1,157,519), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Nort...

Gatineau, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Gatineau gătˈĭnō [key], city, SW Que., Canada, at the junction of the Gatineau and Ottawa ...

Aberdeen, city, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Aberdeen, city (2020 pop. 229,060) and council area, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the Dee River. It is Scotland's third largest city in population. Aberdeen is the financi...

Flushing, city, Netherlands

(Encyclopedia)Flushing, Netherlands: see Vlissingen. ...

Junín, city, Argentina

(Encyclopedia)Junín ho͞onēnˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 70,138), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina, on the Salado River. It is a busy commercial center for an agricultural and livestock area. There are important rail...