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Tirupati

(Encyclopedia) Tirupati, city (1991 pop. 188,904), in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh state in S India. It is located in a valley of the Eastern Ghats some 35 mi (56 km) NNE of Chittoor. The…

Troy , ancient city, Asian Turkey

(Encyclopedia) Troy, ancient city made famous by Homer's account of the Trojan War. It is also called Ilion or, in Latin, Ilium. Its site is almost universally accepted as the mound now named…

Entebbe

(Encyclopedia) Entebbe Entebbe ĕntĕbˈə [key], town, S Uganda, on Lake Victoria, near Kampala. Located in a region…

Farnham

(Encyclopedia) Farnham Farnham färˈnəm [key], town, Surrey, SE England, on the Wey River. It is a market town but…

Camagüey, city, Cuba

(Encyclopedia) Camagüey, city (1995 est. pop. 295,000), capital of Camagüey prov., E Cuba. The island's third most populous city, Camagüey, is a leading hub of rail, road, and air transport as well…

Jenin

(Encyclopedia) JeninJeninjĕˈnēn [key], town (2003 est. pop. 34,000), West Bank, at the southern entrance to the Esdraelon Valley and on the northern edge of the Samarian Highlands. It is an important…

Nauvoo

(Encyclopedia) NauvooNauvoonôv&oomacr;ˈ [key], historic city (1990 pop. 1,108), Hancock co., W Ill., on heights overlooking the Mississippi River; inc. 1841. Situated in an agricultural area…

Covent Garden

(Encyclopedia) Covent GardenCovent Gardenkŭvˈənt [key], area in London historically containing the city's principal fruit and garden market and the Royal Opera House. The market was established in…

Point Grey

(Encyclopedia) Point Grey, suburb of Vancouver, SW British Columbia, Canada. It is the site of the Univ. of British Columbia.

Barquisimeto

(Encyclopedia) Barquisimeto Barquisimeto bärkēsēmāˈtō [key], city, capital of Lara state, NW Venezuela, on the Pan-…