(Encyclopedia) La VegaLa Vegalä vāˈgä [key], city (1993 pop. 73,387), central Dominican Republic, on the Camú River. La Vega is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region. A…
(Encyclopedia) PiracicabaPiracicabapērəsēkäˈbə [key], city (1996 pop. 302,605), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the Piracicaba River. It is the processing center of a rich agricultural region where…
(Encyclopedia) SierreSierresyĕr [key], Ger. Siders, town (1990 pop. 14,143), Valais canton, S Switzerland, on the Rhône River. A market town, it is the center of a rich horticultural region. There is…
(Encyclopedia) Zhiguli MountainsZhiguli Mountainszhēg&oomacr;lyēˈ [key], wooded range, E European Russia, in the Samara bend of the Volga River at Samara. They rise to c.2,220 ft (680 m) and are…
(Encyclopedia) sweetbread. The thymus gland (known as throat sweetbread) and the pancreas (stomach sweetbread), especially of the calf and lamb (although beef sweetbreads are sometimes eaten), are…
(Encyclopedia) Samcheok or SamchokSamcheoksämˈchôkˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 83,815), Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., E South Korea, a port on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a large industrial center…
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Åbenrå
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[key], city, capital of Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, at the head of the
Åbenrå Fjord. It is a port and the commercial center for a…
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