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(Encyclopedia) Korhogo kôrhōˈgō [key], town (1996 est. pop. 158,300), N Côte d'Ivoire. It is an administrative and processing center for a mountainous region where cotton, kapok, rice, millet, peanuts, corn, an...

(Encyclopedia) Gonda gōnˈdə [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Sarayu River and the Luckno...

(Encyclopedia) Minho mēnˈyo͞o [key], historical province, NW Portugal, between the Minho and Douro rivers. Braga is the capital. This region was settled by the Celts, who left many hill forts, and by the Romans. ...

(Encyclopedia) Picayune pĭkəyo͞onˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 10,633), Pearl River co., S Miss., near the Pearl River and the La. line; inc. 1904. It is the trade, processing, and shipping center for an agricultural...

(Encyclopedia) Big Sioux so͞o [key], river, 420 mi (676 km) long, rising in NE S.Dak. and flowing S into the Missouri River. It passes through an agricultural region that produces corn, oats, hogs, and beef cattle....

(Encyclopedia) Bohol bôhôlˈ [key], island, 1,491 sq mi (3,862 sq km), the Philippines, one of the Visayan...

(Encyclopedia) hominy [Algonquian], hulled corn with the germ removed and served either ground or whole. The pioneers in North America prepared it by soaking the kernels in weak wood lye until the hulls floated to t...

(Encyclopedia) Cooch Behar ko͞och bĭhärˈ [key], former princely state, now part of West Bengal state, E India. It ...

(Encyclopedia) Feira de Santana fāˈrə dĭ səntäˈnə [key], city, Bahia state, E Brazil, betwee...

(Encyclopedia) Kankakee kăngkəkēˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 27,575), seat of Kankakee co., E Ill., on the Kankakee River; inc. 1855. It is a trade, processing, and shipping center for a rich agricultural region pro...