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(Encyclopedia) Cockerell, Charles Robert kŏkˈərəl [key], 1788–1863, English architect, archaeologist, and writer. While excavating at Bassae, Aegina, and other sites in Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor, he studie...

(Encyclopedia) Baretti, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio jo͞ozĕpˈpā märkäntôˈnyō bärĕtˈtē [key], 1719–89, Italian writer and lexicographer. Baretti held various official positions in several Italian cities while...

(Encyclopedia) Durham, town, county seat of Durham, NE England, on the sides of a hill nearly encircled by the Wear River. The town's small factories produce organs an...

(Encyclopedia) Huangpu hwämˈpōˈäˈ [key], city, S Guangdong prov., SE China, on an island in the Pearl River. It is c.9 mi (14.5 km) SE of Guangzhou, of which it is an outer port; it has been enlarged and moder...

(Encyclopedia) Beira bāyˈrä [key], city, capital of Sofala province, E central Mozambique, a seaport on t...

(Encyclopedia) Clink, district in Southwark, a Greater London borough, England. The Clink prison was used from the 13th cent. as a detention place for heretics. Its name is now a slang term for a prison or jail. ...

(Encyclopedia) Newcastle, city (2016 pop. 155,411), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the center of one of the country's largest coal-mining areas and is a large port. Coal, wool, iron and s...

(Encyclopedia) Antioch äntäkˈyä [key], city, capital of Hatay prov., S Turkey, on the Orontes (Asi) River, near the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of Mt. Silpius. Antioch is the trad...

(Encyclopedia) Cartagena, Lat. Carthago Nova, city, Murcia prov., SE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. A major seaport and naval base, it has a fine natural harbor,...

(Encyclopedia) Groningen, city, capital of Groningen prov., NE Netherlands. It is an important trade and transportation center. Manufactures include clothing, food pro...