Search

Search results

Displaying 251 - 260

Hugli-Chinsura

(Encyclopedia) Hugli-Chinsura or Hooghly-Chinsura Hooghly-Chinsura both: h&oomacr;ˈglē…

Kagawa

(Encyclopedia) KagawaKagawakägäˈwä [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 1,023,434), N Shikoku, Japan. Takamatsu is the capital. It is an agricultural region (rice, barley, wheat, mandarin oranges) with a…

Shiga

(Encyclopedia) ShigaShigashēˈgä [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 1,222,401), S Honshu, Japan. Otsu (the capital) and Hikone are the chief cities. It is predominantly an agricultural region, with rice the…

Panay

(Encyclopedia) PanayPanaypänīˈ [key], island (1990 pop. 3,136,425), 4,446 sq mi (11,515 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, 6th largest of the Philippines, NW of Negros. Primarily agricultural with…

Usambara

(Encyclopedia) UsambaraUsambara&oomacr;sämbäˈrä [key], mountains, c.70 mi (110 km) long and from 20 to 40 mi (30–60 km) wide, NE Tanzania. On its slopes, which rise to c.8,000 ft (2,440 m),…

Faribault

(Encyclopedia) Faribault Faribault fârˈĭbō [key], city (2020 pop. 24,453), seat of Rice co., SE Minn.; inc. 1872…

Cooch Behar

(Encyclopedia) Cooch Behar Cooch Behar k&oomacr;ch bĭhärˈ [key], former princely state, now part of West Bengal…

Coorg

(Encyclopedia) CoorgCoorgk&oobreve;rg [key], former state, 1,593 sq mi (4,126 sq km), Karnataka state, SW India. Mercara was the capital. Situated mainly in the hilly Western Ghats, the Coorg…

Ziguinchor

(Encyclopedia) ZiguinchorZiguinchorzēgăNshôrˈ [key], city (1988 pop. 124,283), SW Senegal, a port on the Casamance River. Located in a rice-growing region, the city produces peanut oil, frozen fish,…

Bohol

(Encyclopedia) Bohol Bohol bôhôlˈ [key], island, 1,491 sq mi (3,862 sq km), the Philippines, one of the…