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(Encyclopedia) Camden, inner borough of Greater
London, SE
England. Within the borough, residential Hampstead is popular with writers
and a...
(Encyclopedia) Colón kōlōnˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 44,000), Matanzas prov., W central Cuba. It is a rail hub and commercial center for the surrounding agricultural region. Colón's sugar industry has declin...
(Encyclopedia) Stratford, city (1991 pop. 27,666), S Ont., Canada, on the Avon River, SW of Toronto, the seat of Perth co. It is a busy hub for the Canadian National Railroad and an industrial center, with plants ma...
(Encyclopedia) Cumberland, former county, N England. In 1974, Cumberland became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Cumbria.
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(Encyclopedia) Kochi kōˈchē [key], city (1990 pop. 317,069), capital of Kochi prefecture, S Shikoku, Japan. From its port, Urado, the city exports dried bonito, ornamental coral, cement, and paper. Kochi prefectu...
(Encyclopedia) Balkash
bäl-käshˈ
[key], city, in Kazakhstan, on the north shore of Lake Balkash. A railroad terminus and port,
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(Encyclopedia) Samara səmäˈrə [key], formerly Kuybyshev, city (1989 pop. 1,254,000), capital of its region, E central European Russia, on the left bank of the Volga and at the mouth of the Samara River. It is a ...
(Encyclopedia) Alexandria, Arabic Al
Iskandariyah, city, N Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is at the western
extremity of the Nile River delta, situated on a narrow isthmus between the sea and Lake
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(Encyclopedia) Moscow mŏsˈkou, –kō [key], Rus. Moskva, city (1991 est. pop. 8,802,000), capital of Russia and of Moscow region and the administrative center of the Central federal district, W central European R...
(Encyclopedia) Granada, city, capital of Granada
prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, at the confluence of the Darro and Genil
rivers. Formerly (17th cent.) a silk center, Gr...