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(Encyclopedia) Kulturkampf ko͝olto͞orˈkämpfˌ [key] [Ger.,=conflict of cultures], the conflict between the German government under Bismarck and the Roman Catholic Church. The promulgation (1870) of the dogma of ...

(Encyclopedia) Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city, on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City is the larges...

(Encyclopedia) Colombo kəlŭmˈbō [key], largest city (2021 est. metro area pop. 619,000) and former capi...

(Encyclopedia) Östersund östərsŭndˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 42,860), capital of Jämtland co., central Sweden, on Lake Storsjön; founded 1786. It is a commercial, industrial, agricultural, tourist, and transpor...

(Encyclopedia) Drôme drōm [key], department, SE France. Valence is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bobigny bôbēnyēˈ [key], city, capital of Seine–Saint Denis dept., N central France, an ...

(Encyclopedia) Khorramabad khōrämˌäbädˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 249,258), capital of Lorestan prov., W Iran. It is the trade center of a mountainous region where fruit, grain, and wool are produced. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tingo María, city (1993 pop. 43,152), capital of Leoncio Prado prov., Huánuco dept., central Peru. The region's subtropical forest supports a variety of wood-processing indusries. The city is the si...

(Encyclopedia) Gers zhĕr [key], department, SW France. Auch is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Essonne ĕsônˈ [key], department, N central France. Évry is the capital. ...