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Bharuch

(Encyclopedia)Bharuch bəro͞oˈchə, –rōchˈ [key], formerly Broach, city, Gujarat state, W Ind...

Bandar-e Torkaman

(Encyclopedia)Bandar-e Torkaman tôrˌkämänˈ [key] town, Mazandaran prov., N Iran, on the Caspian Sea. The town has ...

Aegina, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Aegina or Aíyina āˈyēnä [key], island, 32 sq mi (83 sq km), off SE Greece, in the Saronic Gulf (or Gulf of Aegina), near Athens. Sponge fishing and farming (fi...

Vietnam War

(Encyclopedia)Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. The war began soon after th...

Hallandale

(Encyclopedia)Hallandale hălˈəndālˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 41,217), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic ...

Ångermanälven

(Encyclopedia)Ångermanälven ôngˈərmänĕlˌvən [key], river, c.280 mi (450 km) long, rising in Västerbotten prov., W central Sweden, and flowing generally southeast through narrow lakes and past Sollefteå a...

Härnösand

(Encyclopedia)Härnösand hărnösändˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 19,200), capital of Västernorrland co., E Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia at the mouth of the Ångermanälven River. Its harbor, icebound in wint...

Gonaïves

(Encyclopedia)Gonaïves gōnäēvˈ [key], city (1995 est. pop. 59,000), W Haiti, a port on the Gulf of Gonâve and capital of Artibonite dept. The region's agricultural products (including coffee, cotton, sugar, a...

Gävle

(Encyclopedia)Gävle yĕvˈlə [key], city, capital of Gävleborg co., E Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia. Al...

Jamnagar

(Encyclopedia)Jamnagar jämˈnəgər [key], city (1991 pop. 381,646), Gujarat state, W central India. A port on the Gulf of Kachchh, which is an arm of the Arabian Sea, Jamnagar has naval and aeronautical schools. ...