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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…

Han, rivers, China

(Encyclopedia) Han. 1 River of S China, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in W Fujian prov. and flowing S through Guangdong prov. to the South China Sea at Shantou; navigable for about 100 mi (160 km)…

Puri

(Encyclopedia) PuriPurip&oomacr;ˈrē [key], town (1991 pop. 125,199), Odisha (Orissa) state, E central India, on the Bay of Bengal. The life of the town centers around the cult of Juggernaut (…

Smalley, Richard Errett

(Encyclopedia) Smalley, Richard Errett, 1943–2005, American chemist, b. Akron, Ohio, Ph.D. Princeton, 1973. He was a professor at Rice Univ. in Houston, Tex., from 1976 until his death in 2005.…

Ségou

(Encyclopedia) Ségou or SeguSégouboth: sāg&oomacr;ˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 85,000), SW Mali, a port on the Niger River. It is the administrative and commercial center for an area where…

Poyang

(Encyclopedia) Poyang or P'o-yangP'o-yangboth: pô-yäng [key], shallow lake, c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), N Jiangxi prov., SE China; one of China's largest lakes. It serves as a natural overflow…

pudding

(Encyclopedia) pudding. Early writers on cookery class puddings and dumplings together. The earliest puddings were boiled in a bag or cloth. Later they were placed in a buttered bowl, covered with a…

Ayutthaya

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

Perlis

(Encyclopedia) PerlisPerlispûrˈlĭs [key], state (1991 pop. 184,070), 310 sq mi (803 sq km), Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the Andaman Sea. The smallest of the states of Malaysia, it is…

Trujillo , city, Peru

(Encyclopedia) TrujilloTrujillotr&oomacr;hēˈyō [key], city (1993 pop. 256,744), capital of La Libertad dept., NW Peru, in a fertile oasis of the coastal desert. A thriving commercial and…