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(Encyclopedia) Centralia sĕntrāˈlēə [key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 12,182), Clinton and Marion counties, S Il...

(Encyclopedia) Chengdu chŭng-do͞o [key] or Chengtu, city (2021 est. metro. area pop. 9,305,116), capital o...

(Encyclopedia) Cody kōˈdē [key], city (2020 pop. 10,028), seat of Park co., NW Wyo., on the Shoshone Rive...

(Encyclopedia) Fort Worth, city (2020 pop. 918,915), seat of Tarrant co., N Tex., on the Trinity River 30 mi (48 km) W of Dallas; settled 1843, inc. 1873. An army post...

(Encyclopedia) Kherson khĕrsônˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 355,000), capital of Kherson region, S Ukraine, on the Dnieper River near its mouth on the Black Sea. It is a rail junction and a sea and river port, exporti...

(Encyclopedia) Bandung or Bandoeng both: bänˈdo͞ong [key], city (2020 pop. 2,444,160), capital of Java Barat prov., W Java, ...

(Encyclopedia) Bukhara bəkäˈrə [key], city, capital of Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, in the Zeravshan River ...

(Encyclopedia) Budapest bo͞oˈdəpĕstˌ [key], city (2020 est. pop. 1,768,000), capital of Hungary, N central ...

(Encyclopedia) Atyrau go͞orˈyĭf [key], city, W Kazakhstan, on the Ural River and near the Caspian Sea. A port, rail center, and an industrial base of the Emba basin oil fields, it has...

(Encyclopedia) Lahti läˈtē, läkhˈ– [key], city (1998 pop. 96,227), Southern Finland prov., S central Finland. Connected with the southern end of the Päijänne lake system, it is an important lake port as wel...