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(Encyclopedia) Brandy Station, small trading center, Culpeper co., Va. It was the scene of the greatest cavalry engagement of the Civil War (also called the battle of Fleetwood Hill), fought June 9, 1863. Gen. Alfre...

(Encyclopedia) Cáceres käˈthārās [key], city, capital of Cáceres prov., W central Spain, in Extremadur...

(Encyclopedia) Fermo fĕrˈmō [key], town, in the Marche, central Italy, on a hill in the Apennines, near t...

(Encyclopedia) Amecameca ämāˌkämāˈkä [key], town, Mexico state, S central Mexico, at the foot of the Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes. The sanctuary of El Sacro Monte, th...

(Encyclopedia) Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and...

(Encyclopedia) Havre hăvˈər [key], city (2020 pop. 9,955), seat of Hill co., N Mont., on the Milk River; ...

(Encyclopedia) Arcos de la Frontera ärˈkōs dā lä frōntāˈrä [key], town, Cádiz prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on a rocky hill above the Guadalete River. A Gothic church a...

(Encyclopedia) Kansas or Kaw, river, 170 mi (274 km) long, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers in NE Kansas and flowing E to the Missouri River at Kansas City; the system drains parts of K...

(Encyclopedia) Ronda rônˈdä [key], town (1990 pop. 34,102), Málaga prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. One of the most colorful of Spanish towns, it is beautifully situated high in the mountains of Sierra de Ronda and...

(Encyclopedia) South Shields, city (1991 pop. 86,488), South Tyneside, NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River. It is a significant port. Shipbuilding and marine engineering are the main industries; chemicals and...