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(Encyclopedia) KindiaKindiakĭnˈdyə [key], town (1996 pop. 287,607), W Guinea. A rail and road hub, Kindia is the trade center for an area where bananas, manioc, rice, fruits, and vegetables are grown…Kurunegala
(Encyclopedia) KurunegalaKurunegalak&oobreve;rˌ&oomacr;nāˈgələ [key], town (1995 est. pop. 29,500), W central Sri Lanka. It is a road junction and the administrative and commercial center of…Kapuas
(Encyclopedia) KapuasKapuaskäˈp&oomacr;äs [key], river, c.710 mi (1,140 km) long, rising in the mountains of central Borneo and flowing SW through W Kalimantan, Indonesia, to the South China Sea…Ondo
(Encyclopedia) OndoOndoŏnˈdō [key], city (1991 est. pop. 150,000), SW Nigeria. It is the market center for a cacao and timber producing region and has rice mills and sawmills. Ondo was formerly the…Nagercoil
(Encyclopedia) NagercoilNagercoilnäˈgərkoil [key], city (1991 pop. 190,084), Tamil Nadu state, S India. Nagercoil is the southernmost city in India. It is a district administrative center, with…Yiwu
(Encyclopedia) Yiwu, city (2010 est. pop. 1,200,000), central Zhejiang prov., E China. Although the city produces rice, oil crops, sugarcane, and manufactured goods (processed foods, textiles, and…Bhagalpur
(Encyclopedia) Bhagalpur Bhagalpur bäˈgəlp&oobreve;rˈ [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, on the Ganges River. It…Madonna
(Encyclopedia) Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) Madonna mədŏnˈə, chĭkōˈnē [key], 1958…Byatt, A. S.
(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…Kyushu
(Encyclopedia) KyushuKyushuky&oomacr;ˈsh&oomacr; [key], island (1990 pop. 13,064,955), c.13,760 sq mi (35,640 sq km), S Japan. It is the third largest, southernmost, and most densely…Trending
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