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Haikou

(Encyclopedia) HaikouHaikouhīˈkōˈ [key] or HoihowHaikouhoiˈhouˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 364,700), Hainan island, capital of Hainan prov., China. A seaport on Hainan Strait, it is the largest city…

Hakodate

(Encyclopedia) Hakodate Hakodate häkōˈdäˈtā [key], city, extreme SW Hokkaido, Japan, on the Tsugaru Strait. Opened…

Baykal-Amur Mainline

(Encyclopedia) Baykal-Amur Mainline (BAM), railroad line linking central Siberian Russia with the Pacific. The BAM parallels the Trans-Siberian RR but passes north rather than south of Lake Baykal.…

Cam Ranh Bay

(Encyclopedia) Cam Ranh BayCam Ranh Baykäm rän [key], inlet of the South China Sea, 10 mi (16 km) long and 20 mi (32 km) wide, S Vietnam. It is an excellent harbor linked to the sea by a strait (1 mi…

Sivash Sea

(Encyclopedia) Sivash SeaSivash Seasēväshˈ [key] or Putrid Sea, salt lagoon, c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), extending along the northeastern coast of Crimea. It is separated—except at the Genichesk…

George, David Lloyd

(Encyclopedia) George, David Lloyd: see Lloyd George, David, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor.