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(Encyclopedia) Niterói nētəroiˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 450,124), Rio de Janeiro prov., SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay opposite the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is a residential suburb of Rio, and many of its citizens...

(Encyclopedia) Oita ōˈētä [key], city (1990 pop. 408,501), capital of Oita prefecture, NE Kyushu, Japan, a port on Beppu Bay. It is a rail hub, a manufacturing center, and a distribution point for agricultural p...

(Encyclopedia) Opole ôpôˈlĕ [key], Ger. Oppeln, city (1992 est. pop. 129,000), capital of Opolskie prov., S Poland, on the Oder River. A river port and rail junction, it is also an important trade center, with m...

(Encyclopedia) Bismarck, city (2020 pop. 73,622), state capital and seat of Burleigh co., S central N.Dak., on hills overlooking the Missouri River; inc. 1873. The tra...

(Encyclopedia) Stary Krym stäˌrē krĭm [key] [Rus. and Ukr.,=Old Crimea], city, E Crimea. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the Ukrainian SSR), it passed to Russian control in 2014 after the occupation and annexati...

(Encyclopedia) Rennes rĕn [key], city (1990 pop. 203,533), capital of Ille-et-Vilaine dept., NW France, at the junction of the Vilaine and Ille rivers. Rennes's many industrial products include textiles, leather go...

(Encyclopedia) Dumbarton dəmbärˈtən [key], town, West Dunbartonshire, W Scotland...

(Encyclopedia) Cape Town, City of, metropolitan municipality (2021 est. pop. 4,710,000), Western Cape prov., South Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Town is the ...

(Encyclopedia) Cheyenne, city (2020 pop. 65,132), alt. 6,062 ft (1,848 m), state capital and seat of Laramie co., SE Wyo., near the Colo. and Nebr. lines; inc. 1868. I...

(Encyclopedia) Ioánnina yôäˈnēnä [key], city, capital of Ioánnina prefecture, NW Greece, in Epirus, o...