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(Encyclopedia) Alagoas Alagoas älägōˈəs [key] [Port.,=lagoons], state, 10,707 sq mi (27,331 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Maceió is the capital.Victoria, city, Seychelles
(Encyclopedia) Victoria or Port Victoria, city (2010 pop. 26,450), capital of the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean. A port on the NE coast of Mahé Island, Victoria is an administrative, commercial,…Casco Bay
(Encyclopedia) Casco BayCasco Baykăsˈkō [key], deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 200 sq mi (518 sq km), SW Maine. The bay, with its more than 200 wooded, hilly islands, has many summer estates and…Ungava Bay
(Encyclopedia) Ungava BayUngava Bayŭngˌgäˈvə, –gāˈ– [key], inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, N Que., Canada, extending c.200 mi (320 km) S from Hudson Strait between the N Quebec mainland and the north…Bermuda Triangle
(Encyclopedia) Bermuda Triangle, area in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida where a number of ships and aircraft have vanished. Also known as the Devil's Triangle, it is bounded at its points by…Waterville
(Encyclopedia) Waterville, city (1990 pop. 17,173), Kennebec co., S Maine, at the falls of the Kennebec River; settled 1754, inc. as a city 1888. It is the trade and medical center of a lake resort…Tsugaru Strait
(Encyclopedia) Tsugaru StraitTsugaru Straitts&oobreve;gäˈr&oomacr; [key], c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 15 to 25 mi (24–40 km) wide, separating Honshu and Hokkaido, N Japan, and connecting…Trinity Bay
(Encyclopedia) Trinity Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 80 mi (129 km) long, SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, between the Avalon Peninsula and the mainland. With its small waterfront settlements, it…orphism
(Encyclopedia) orphism, a short-lived movement in art founded in 1912 by Robert Delaunay, Frank Kupka, the Duchamp brothers, and Roger de la Fresnaye. Apollinaire coined the term orphism to describe…Covington
(Encyclopedia) Covington Covington kŭvˈĭngtən [key], city (2020 pop. 40,181), seat of Kenton co., N central Ky., at…Trending
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