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Hasa, Al
(Encyclopedia) Hasa, AlHasa, Aläl häˈsä, hăˈsə [key], region, E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. Administrated as the Eastern Province, Hofuf is the chief town. Dates, wheat, and rice are produced…Mangaluru
(Encyclopedia) Mangaluru, formerly MangaloreMangaloremăng-gəlôrˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 273,000), Karnataka state, SW India, on the Arabian Sea. A port, it trades in spices, rice, fish, nuts, and…Mahanadi
(Encyclopedia) MahanadiMahanadiməhäˈnədē [key], river, c.550 mi (885 km) long, rising in S Chhattisgarh state, central India, and flowing north then east through a gorge in the Eastern Ghats, across…Modesto
(Encyclopedia) ModestoModestomōdĕsˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 164,278), seat of Stanislaus co., central Calif., on the Tuolumne River, near the northern end of the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1884. The…Cienfuegos
(Encyclopedia) Cienfuegos Cienfuegos syānfwāˈgōs [key], city, capital of Cienfuegos prov., central Cuba, a port on the…curry
(Encyclopedia) curry [Malayalam], condiment much used in India and elsewhere in Asia and the Middle East, in combination with rice, meat, and a variety of other dishes. It is compounded of such…Cuttack
(Encyclopedia) Cuttack Cuttack kətăkˈ [key], city, Odisha (Orissa) state, E central India at the head of the…Kumbakonam
(Encyclopedia) KumbakonamKumbakonamk&oobreve;mbəkōˈnəm [key], city (1991 pop. 150,869), Tamil Nadu state, SE India, on the Kaveri River. Its district, in the richest part of the river delta, has…Brus, Louis
(Encyclopedia) Louis Brus, 1943– , b. Cleveland, Ohio, American chemist, studied at Rice University (B.S., 1965) and Columbia University (Ph.D., 1969…Bida
(Encyclopedia) Bida Bida bēdäˈ [key], town, W central Nigeria. It is the trade center for a rice-growing…Trending
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