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Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic: see Karelia, Russia. ...

Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia. ...

Santo Domingo, city, Dominican Republic

(Encyclopedia)Santo Domingo sänˈtō dōmēngˈgō [key], city (1993 pop. 1,609,966), S Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River. It is the country's capital, largest city, leading...

San Cristóbal, city, Dominican Republic

(Encyclopedia)San Cristóbal sän krēstōˈbäl [key], city (1993 pop. 88,376), S Dominican Republic, on a Caribbean coastal plain. The city was founded in the late 16th cent. The first Dominican constitution was ...

Montgomeryshire

(Encyclopedia)Montgomeryshire, former county, central Wales. In 1974, Montgomeryshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Powys. ...

Westmorland

(Encyclopedia)Westmorland, former county, N England. In 1974, Westmorland became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Cumbria. ...

Radnorshire

(Encyclopedia)Radnorshire, former county, E Wales. In 1974, Radnorshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Powys. ...

West Lothian

(Encyclopedia)West Lothian, council area (1993 est. pop. 146,730), 164 sq mi (425 sq km), and former county, S central Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, West Lothian was divided between the Lothian ...

East Lothian

(Encyclopedia)East Lothian lōˈᵺēən [key], council area (1993 est. pop. 85,640), 262 sq mi (677 sq km), and former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of East Lothian became...

Huntingdon and Peterborough

(Encyclopedia)Huntingdon and Peterborough, former county, E central England. In 1974, Huntingdon and Peterborough became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Cambridgeshire. ...