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(Encyclopedia) Erzberg ĕrtsˈbĕrkh [key], peak, 3,531 ft (1,076 m) high, in Styria, central Austria. Rising above the town of Eisenerz, the Erzberg is almost literally a mountain of iron. Its rich iron ore (about ...

(Encyclopedia) Paris pârˈĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 24,699), seat of Lamar co., E Tex., in the Red River valley; settled 1824. It is a processing center for the rich farms of the blackland region, which produces c...

(Encyclopedia) Ascoli Piceno äˈskōlē pēchĕˈnō [key], city, capital of Ascoli Piceno prov., Marche region, central Italy, at the confluence of the Castellano and Tronto rivers. It...

(Encyclopedia) Isabela ĭzəbĕlˈə, Span. ēsäbāˈlä [key], province, NE Luzon, the Philippines...

(Encyclopedia) Palestine pălˈəstēn [key], city (1990 pop. 18,042), seat of Anderson co., E Tex.; inc. 1871. It is a market, processing, and rail center for a rich oil area and for the truck crops, livestock, and...

(Encyclopedia) Palma Soriano pälˈmä sōryäˈnō [key], city (1981 pop. 55,851), Santiago de Cuba prov., SE Cuba, in the Cauto River valley. It is a road and rail hub and the commercial and processing center for ...

(Encyclopedia) Staël, Nicholas de nēkôläˈ də stäl [key], 1914–55, French painter, b. St. Petersburg, Russia. Reared in Brussels, he traveled extensively before settling in France in 1940. De Staël evolved ...

(Encyclopedia) Republican, river, c.420 mi (680 km) long, formed in S Nebr. by the junction of the North Fork and Arikaree rivers. It is joined by the South Fork at Benkelman and flows E across the rolling grassland...

(Encyclopedia) Feather, river, 80 mi (129 km) long, rising in three forks in the Sierra Nevada, uniting N of Oroville, Calif., and flowing S into the Sacramento River, N of Sacramento, Calif. The Feather River basin...

(Encyclopedia) Kankakee kăngkəkēˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 27,575), seat of Kankakee co., E Ill., on the Kankakee River; inc. 1855. It is a trade, processing, and shipping center for a rich agricultural region pro...