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Falster

(Encyclopedia)Falster fälˈstər [key], island, 198 sq mi (513 sq km), Storstrøm co., SE Denmark, in the ...

Ambala

(Encyclopedia)Ambala əmbäˈlə [key], city, Haryana state, NW India. It is a district administrative headquarters, a military station, and a transportation center, with an airport and...

Ely, Isle of

(Encyclopedia)Ely, Isle of, region, Cambridgeshire, E central England. Ely is the chief town. The region has extensive fens, drained and devoted to the cultivation of sugar beets and vegetables. Pigs and poultry ar...

Gonda

(Encyclopedia)Gonda gōnˈdə [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Sarayu River and the Luckno...

Ganganagar

(Encyclopedia)Ganganagar gŭngˈgänəgər [key], city, Rajasthan state, NW India, on the Bikaner canal system, a ...

Nykøbing

(Encyclopedia)Nykøbing nüˈköˌbĭng [key], city (1992 com. pop. 25,350), capital of Storstrøm co., SE Denmark, on Falster Island and on the Guldborg Sund, connected by bridge with Lolland. It is a seaport and ...

Krishnagar

(Encyclopedia)Krishnagar krĭshˈnəgər [key], city (1991 pop. 121,110), West Bengal state, E central India, on the Jalangi River. It is a district administrative center and a road and rail junction. The main prod...

Mackay

(Encyclopedia)Mackay məkīˈ [key], city and region (2016 pop. 114,969), Queensland, NE Australia on the Pioneer River. A port city, Mackay exports sugar, beef, and coal. The surrounding shire of Pioneer was amalg...

Pointe-à-Pitre

(Encyclopedia)Pointe-à-Pitre pwăNtäpēˈtrə [key], city (1999 pop. 20,948), Guadeloupe, West Indies. It is on Grande-Terre island at the southern entrance of the Rivière Salée, the narrow, shallow ocean chann...

Sitapur

(Encyclopedia)Sitapur sēˈtäpo͞or [key], town (1991 pop. 121,842), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. The town is a market for grain, oilseed, and jute. The sugar and plywood industries are important. There i...