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Kivu, region, Congo

(Encyclopedia) KivuKivukēˈv&oomacr;, kēv&oomacr;ˈ [key], region, c.89,000 sq mi (230,510 sq km), E Congo (Kinshasa). It borders on Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika on the east.…

Labuan

(Encyclopedia) LabuanLabuanləb&oomacr;ˈən, läˌb&oomacr;änˈ [key], island (1991 pop. 54,307), 38 sq mi (98 sq km), a federal territory of Malaysia, off Sabah, N Borneo, in the South China Sea…

Guadalquivir

(Encyclopedia) GuadalquivirGuadalquivirgwäˌᵺälkēvērˈ [key], river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in the Sierra de Cazorla, SE Spain, and flowing generally SW past Córdoba and Seville into the…

Aomori

(Encyclopedia) Aomori Aomori äōmôˈrē [key], city, capital of Aomori prefecture, extreme N Honshu, Japan, on Aomori Bay. First opened to foreign trade in 1906, Aomori is now…

Luang Phabang

(Encyclopedia) Luang PhabangLuang Phabanglwäng pəbängˈ [key] or Luang PrabangLuang Prabangprə– [key], city (1995 est. pop. 55,300), capital of Luang Phabang prov. and the historic, religious, and…

Ayutthaya

(Encyclopedia) Ayutthaya Ayutthaya äy&oomacr;tīˈə [key], or Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya prä näkônˈ sē [key], city, capital of…

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

(Encyclopedia) Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic or Naxçivan Autonomous RepublicNaxçivan Autonomous Republicnäkˌchĭvänˈ [key], autonomous republic (1990 est. pop. 310,000), 2,124 sq mi (5,501 sq km), an…

Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe

(Encyclopedia) Curry, Jabez Lamar MonroeCurry, Jabez Lamar Monroejāˈbĕz [key], 1825–1903, American educator, b. Lincoln co., Ga., grad. Univ. of Georgia, 1843. He studied law at Harvard and later…

Chiba

(Encyclopedia) Chiba Chiba chēˈbä [key], city, capital of Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo…

Dumyat

(Encyclopedia) DumyatDumyatd&oobreve;myätˈ [key] or DamiettaDumyatdămēĕtˈə [key], city (1986 pop. 89,069), capital of Dumyat governorate, N Egypt, on Lake Manzala near the Mediterranean Sea. It…