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Taitung

(Encyclopedia) Taitung or T'ai-tungTaitungboth: tīˈd&oobreve;ngˈ [key], city (2010 pop. 110,901), W Taiwan. Rice, sugarcane, and peanuts are the major crops marketed and processed in Taitung. The…

Couper, James Hamilton

(Encyclopedia) Couper, James HamiltonCouper, James Hamiltonk&oomacr;ˈpər [key], 1794–1866, American planter of Georgia, grad. Yale, 1814. Influential in promoting agricultural research and…

Governador Valadares

(Encyclopedia) Governador Valadares Governador Valadares g&oobreve;vərnəd&oomacr;rˈ vələᵺäˈrəs…

Damanhur

(Encyclopedia) DamanhurDamanhurdämänh&oobreve;rˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 188,939), capital of Beheira governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is a communications center and a market for…

Eunice, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Eunice Eunice y&oomacr;ˈnĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 9,422), St. Landry parish, S central La.; inc…

Faridpur

(Encyclopedia) Faridpur Faridpur fərēdˈpoŏr [key], town, S Bangladesh. It is a district administrative center, a…

Stuttgart, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) StuttgartStuttgartstŭtˈgärt, –gərt [key], city (1990 pop. 10,420), a seat of Arkansas co., E central Ark.; inc. 1889. It is a trade and processing center of a rice-growing area.…

Bahraich

(Encyclopedia) Bahraich Bahraich bärīchˈ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, NE India, on the Saryu River. A district…

Sari

(Encyclopedia) SariSarisärēˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 167,602), capital of Mazandaran prov., N Iran, near the Caspian Sea. It is the trade center for a farm region where citrus fruit, cotton, rice, and…

Ewing, William Maurice

(Encyclopedia) Ewing, William Maurice, 1906–74, American oceanographer and geologist, b. Lackney, Tex., grad. Rice Institute, now Rice Univ. (B.S., 1926; M.A., 1927; Ph.D., 1931). He taught physics…