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(Encyclopedia) Agartala Agartala əgŭrˈtələ [key], city, capital of Tripura state, NE India, near the Bangladesh border. A market town for rice, tea, jute, and oilseed, it…Tanaelv
(Encyclopedia) TanaelvTanaelvtäˈnäĕlvˌ [key], Finn. Tenojoki, river, 205 mi (330 km) long, rising in Finnmark co., N Norway, and flowing NE to Tanafjord, NE Norway. It forms part of the Norway-…Offaly
(Encyclopedia) OffalyOffalyŏfˈəlē [key], county (1991 pop. 58,494), 771 sq mi (1,997 sq km), central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Tullamore. A part of the central plain of Ireland, the…Berlin Wall
(Encyclopedia) Berlin Wall, 1961–89, a barrier first erected in Aug., 1961, by the East German government along the border between East and West Berlin, and later along the entire border between East…Percy, Sir Henry
(Encyclopedia) Percy, Sir Henry, 1366–1403, English nobleman, called Hotspur or Henry Hotspur; son of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland. In 1388 he participated in the famous battle of…Moisie
(Encyclopedia) MoisieMoisiemwäzēˈ [key], river, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in E Que., Canada, near the Labrador border, and flowing S to the St. Lawrence. The Hudson's Bay Company has an important…Morgarten
(Encyclopedia) MorgartenMorgartenmôrˈgärtən [key], mountain, 4,084 ft (1,245 m) high, N central Switzerland, on the border of Schwyz and Zug cantons. There, on Nov. 15, 1315, a small Swiss force…Kerkrade
(Encyclopedia) KerkradeKerkradekĕrkˈräˌdə [key], city (1994 pop. 52,848), Limburg prov., SE Netherlands, on the German border. It is one of Europe's oldest coal-mining centers. The activity began…Kara
(Encyclopedia) KaraKarakärˈə [key], river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between…Luanshya
(Encyclopedia) LuanshyaLuanshyalwänshˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 146,275), N central Zambia, near the Congo border. It is a copper-mining center, located on the Copperbelt.Trending
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