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(Encyclopedia) Cluj-Napoca klo͞ozh-näpō [key], Hung. Kolozsvár, Ger. Klausenburg, city, W central Ro...

(Encyclopedia) Lagos lāˈgŏs, läˈgôs [key], city (1991 est. pop. 1,274,000), SW Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea. It comprises the island of Lagos and three former neighboring islands (now connected by landfill t...

(Encyclopedia) Harrisburg. <1> City (2020 pop. 8,219), seat of Saline co., SE Ill; founded c. 1852. In the mid-19th century, it was a center of woolen and ...

(Encyclopedia) Nalanda nəlänˈdə [key], Buddhist monastic center in what is now Baragaon, Bihar state, E central India. Often referred to as a university, Nalanda was, from the 4th to the 12 cent. a.d., the most ...

(Encyclopedia) Leduc lədo͞okˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 13,970), central Alta., Canada, S of Edmonton. It is the center of the Leduc oil field (discovered 1947), which is now mostly depleted. The town is an oil stor...

(Encyclopedia) Chingola chĭng-gōˈlä [key], city, N central Zambia. It is a copper-mining center, located on ...

(Encyclopedia) Iowa, University of, at Iowa City; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1847, opened 1855. It has a noted program in the creative arts, including the Iowa Writers' Workshop, one of the most prest...

(Encyclopedia) Sipilä, Juha Petri, 1961–, Finnish political leader, prime minister of Finland (2015–19). A business executive and one of Finland's wealthiest persons, he was first elected to the Finnish parliam...

(Encyclopedia) Villarrica vēˌyärēˈkä [key], city (1992 pop. 27,818), capital of Guairá dept., SE Paraguay. It is a commercial center and shipping point in a region that produces cattle, tobacco, maté, cotton...

(Encyclopedia) Quebec, University of, administrative center at Sainte Foy, Que., Canada; provincially supported; French language; founded 1968. Its largest campus is at Montreal and there are also campuses at Trois ...