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Bahraich

(Encyclopedia)Bahraich bärīchˈ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, NE India, on the Saryu River. A district ...

Pleasantville

(Encyclopedia)Pleasantville. 1 Residential and resort city (1990 pop. 16,027), Atlantic co., SE N.J., just W of Atlantic City; settled 1702, inc. 1888. It is the trade center of an area known as “the Mainland.”...

Sari

(Encyclopedia)Sari särēˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 167,602), capital of Mazandaran prov., N Iran, near the Caspian Sea. It is the trade center for a farm region where citrus fruit, cotton, rice, and sugarcane are g...

Beirut

(Encyclopedia)Beirut bāro͞otˈ [key], Arab. Bayrut, Fr. Beyrouth, city (1996 est. pop. 1,200,000), W Lebanon, capital of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Lebanon Mts. Beirut is an important p...

Andorra la Vella

(Encyclopedia)Andorra la Vella lä vĕlˈyä [key] or Andorra, Span. Andorra la Vieja, Fr. Andorre-la-Vielle, city (2006 est. pop. 24,211), capital of Andorra, on the Valira River near its confluence with the Valir...

Abomey

(Encyclopedia)Abomey ăbōmāˈ, əbōˈmē [key], town, S Benin. It is the trade center for an agricultural region where grain, peanuts, and palm products are processed. The town is li...

Assinie

(Encyclopedia)Assinie äsēnēˈ [key], town, SE Côte d'Ivoire, on a lagoon off the Gulf of Guinea. Because of its location on the coast and its contacts with the interior, Assinie became an early stopping place f...

Banjarmasin

(Encyclopedia)Banjarmasin or Bandjarmasin both: bänˌjərmäˈsĭn [key], city, capital of Kalimantan ...

Eisenhüttenstadt

(Encyclopedia)Eisenhüttenstadt īˌzənhütˈənshtät [key], city, Brandenburg, E Germany; on the Oder River at the border with ...

Dumaguete

(Encyclopedia)Dumaguete do͞omägāˈtā [key], city, capital of Negros Oriental prov., SE Negros, the Philippines. ...