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Tottori

(Encyclopedia)Tottori tōt-tōˈrē [key], city (1990 pop. 142,467), capital of Tottori prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, a port on the Sea of Japan. The city produces wood and paper items, machinery, and textiles. The ...

Tracy

(Encyclopedia)Tracy, city (1990 pop. 33,558), San Joaquin co., central Calif., in the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1910. It is a railroad junction in a cattle and dairying region. Grapes, sugar beets, grain, fruit, nut...

Bitlis

(Encyclopedia)Bitlis bĭtlĭsˈ [key], city, capital of Bitlis prov., E Turkey, on a tributary of the Tigri...

Semnan

(Encyclopedia)Semnan sĕmnänˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 75,131), capital of Semnan prov., N Iran. It is the trade and transportation center of a fertile agricultural region. Manufactures of the city include textiles...

Prilep

(Encyclopedia)Prilep prēˈlĕp [key], city (1994 pop. 71,899), North Macedonia. It is the trade center of an agricultural region and a manufacturing city where tobacco, textiles, wine, and fruit are produced. Pril...

Procida

(Encyclopedia)Procida prōˈchēdä [key], narrow volcanic island, c.2 mi (3.2 km) long, Campania, S Italy, at the northwest entrance to the Bay of Naples. The chief town is Procida (1991 pop. 10,559). Wine, fruit,...

Río Cuarto

(Encyclopedia)Río Cuarto rēˈō kwärˈtō [key], city (1991 pop. 138,996), Córdoba prov., central Argentina, in the W Pampa, on the Río Cuarto. It is the commercial center for a large agricultural area yieldin...

mango

(Encyclopedia)mango măngˈgō [key], evergreen tree of the Anacardiaceae (sumac family), native to tropical E Asia and now grown in both hemispheres. The chief species, Mangifera indica, is believed to have been c...

Corona, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Corona kərōˈnə [key], city (2020 pop. 157,136), Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1896. The c...

Chico

(Encyclopedia)Chico chēˈkō [key], city (2020 pop. 101,475), Butte co., N Calif., in a region noted for i...