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Lethbridge

(Encyclopedia)Lethbridge lĕthˈbrĭj [key], city (1991 pop. 60,974), S Alta., Canada, on the Oldman River. Formerly a coal-mining center, Lethbridge is now a commercial and service center for an irrigated farming ...

Lolland

(Encyclopedia)Lolland or Laaland both: lôˈlän [key], island (1992 pop. 72,536), 479 sq mi (1,241 sq km), SE Denmark, in the Baltic Sea, E of Langeland, S of Sjælland, and W of Falster. The island is low-lying a...

Goole

(Encyclopedia)Goole go͞ol [key], municipal borough, East Riding of Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence...

Inhambane

(Encyclopedia)Inhambane ĭnˌyəmbănˈə [key], city, SE Mozambique, on Inhambane Bay, an inlet of Mozambique ...

Chaozhou

(Encyclopedia)Chaozhou chouˈänˈ [key], city, E Guangdong prov., China, on the Han River. It is a transpo...

eThekwini

(Encyclopedia)eThekwini, metropolitan municipality, 885 sq mi (2,291 sq km), KwaZulu-Natal prov., E South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. Durban is the municipal seat; o...

Semarang

(Encyclopedia)Semarang səmäˈräng [key], city (1990 pop. 1,249,230), capital of Central Java prov., N Java, Indonesia, on the Java Sea and at the mouth of the Semarang River. An important port, it is one of the ...

San Vicente

(Encyclopedia)San Vicente sän vēsānˈtā [key], city (1993 pop. 28,529), central El Salvador. Among its industries are textile manufacturing and sugar milling. San Vicente is the commercial center of a region th...

San Cristóbal, city, Venezuela

(Encyclopedia)San Cristóbal sän krēstōˈbäl [key], city (1990 pop. 220,675), capital of Táchira state, W Venezuela, in a mountainous region near the Colombian border. It is a commercial, transportation, and i...

Tienen

(Encyclopedia)Tienen or Thienen both: tēˈnən [key], Fr. Tirlemont, commune (1991 est. pop. 31,567), Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium. It is a commercial and industrial center, with a major beet-sugar refin...