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New Westminster

(Encyclopedia) New Westminster, city (1991 pop. 43,585), SW British Columbia, Canada, on the Fraser River, part of metropolitan Vancouver. Founded in 1859 as Queensborough, it was the capital of…

Mahama, John Dramani

(Encyclopedia) Mahama, John DramaniMahama, John Dramanidrämäˈnē mähäˈmä [key], 1958–, Ghanaian political leader, grad. Univ. of Ghana, Legon (1981, 1986), Institute of Social Sciences, Moscow (1988…

Austerlitz

(Encyclopedia) AusterlitzAusterlitzôˈstərlĭts, Ger. ouˈ– [key], Czech Slavkov u Brna, town, S Czech Republic, in Moravia. An agricultural center, the town has sugar refineries and cotton mills. It…

Gatineau, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Gatineau Gatineau gătˈĭnō [key], city, SW Que., Canada, at the junction of the Gatineau and Ottawa…

Belfort

(Encyclopedia) Belfort Belfort bāfôrˈ, bĕ–, bĕl– [key], city, capital of the Territory…

Zamboanga

(Encyclopedia) ZamboangaZamboangasāmˌbōängˈgä [key], city (1990 pop. 442,345), Zamboanga del Sur prov., SW Mindanao, the Philippines, at the tip of the Zamboanga peninsula, on Basilan Strait. One of…

Vologda

(Encyclopedia) VologdaVologdavôˈləgdə [key], city (1989 pop. 283,000), capital of Vologda region, N central European Russia, on the Vologda River. It is a major river and rail junction in a dairying…

Tupac Amaru

(Encyclopedia) Tupac AmaruTupac Amarut&oomacr;päkˈ ämäˈr&oomacr; [key], 1742?–1781, leader of indigenous peoples in the viceroyalty of Peru, baptized José Gabriel Condorcanqui. A man of some…

Surat

(Encyclopedia) SuratSurats&oobreve;ˈrət, s&oobreve;rătˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 1,518,950), Gujarat state, W central India, on the Gulf of Khambat. British and Dutch trading posts were…

Swansea, city and county, Wales

(Encyclopedia) SwanseaSwanseaswŏnˈzē, –sē [key], Welsh Abertawe, city (1981 pop. 172,433) and county, 146 sq mi (378 sq km), S Wales. Located on Swansea Bay at the mouth of the Tawe River, the city…