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(Encyclopedia) Beppu bāpˈpo͞o [key], city, Oita prefecture, NE Kyushu, Japan, on Beppu Bay. It is a major...

(Encyclopedia) Yokkaichi yōk-kīˈchē [key], city (1990 pop. 274,180), Mie prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, a port on Ise Bay. It is a manufacturing center that produces banko ware (a kind of porcelain), automobiles, ...

(Encyclopedia) Stewart, river, 331 mi (533 km) long, rising in the Mackenzie Mts., central Yukon, Canada, and flowing generally W to the Yukon River S of Dawson. The river is navigable for most of its length and is ...

(Encyclopedia) Sá, Mem de māN dĭ sä [key], d. 1572, Portuguese colonial official, governor-general of Brazil (1557?–1572). He drove (1567) the French colony from Guanabara Bay and founded the city of Rio de Ja...

(Encyclopedia) Santa Maria, city (1990 pop. 61,284), Santa Barbara co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; founded 1874 as Central City, renamed 1882, inc. 1905. A growing city, it has an economy based largely on a...

(Encyclopedia) São Gonçalo souN go͝onsäˈlo͝o [key], city (1990 pop. 827,967), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay opposite the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is a distribution point and a manufacturi...

(Encyclopedia) Port-Gentil pôr-zhäNtēlˈ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 80,041), W Gabon, a seaport on Cape Lopez Bay (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean). Timber and locally manufactured plywood are exported. Petroleum i...

(Encyclopedia) Ängelholm ĕngˌəlhôlmˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 19,190), Kristianstad co., SW Sweden, on Skälderviken Bay (an arm of the Kattegat); chartered 1516. It is a beach resort and has tanneries. The...

(Encyclopedia) Fuji fo͞oˈjē [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on Suruga Bay. It ...

(Encyclopedia) Langlade, Charles Michel de shärl mēshĕlˈ də [key], 1729–1800, pioneer in present-day Wisconsin and soldier, b. Mackinac region, now in Mich.; son of a trader, Augustin Langlade, who establishe...