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(Encyclopedia) ManadoManadomänäˈdō [key] or MenadoMenadomānäˈdō [key], town (1990 pop. 318,406), capital of Sulawesi Utara prov., on the northeast coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is a trade center…Manzanillo, city, Cuba
(Encyclopedia) ManzanilloManzanillomänsänēˈyō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 98,000), Granma prov., SE Cuba, a port on the Guacanayabo Gulf of the Caribbean Sea. A leading city on Cuba's southern coast…Marshfield
(Encyclopedia) Marshfield. 1 Town (1990 pop. 21,531), Plymouth co., SE Mass., on the Atlantic coast; settled 1632, inc. 1640. Sand and gravel are produced, as well as electronic products. Several…Minamitori
(Encyclopedia) Minamitori or Marcus Island, coral atoll, c.740 acres (300 hectares), W Pacific Ocean, 700 mi (1,125 km) SE of Japan; part of Tokyo prefecture, Japan. Triangular in shape and rising to…Melville Island, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Melville Island, c.16,400 sq mi (42,500 sq km), Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, N of Victoria Island; largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Generally hilly (rising to c.1,…chowder
(Encyclopedia) chowder, stew of fish or shellfish with potatoes, onions, and pork (usually salt pork), thickened with crumbled hard bread. The name chowder seems to have originated from the French…Dias, Bartolomeu
(Encyclopedia) Dias, BartolomeuDias, Bartolomeubärˌt&oobreve;l&oobreve;māˈ&oobreve; dēˈəsh [key], d. 1500, Portuguese navigator. He was the first European to round (1488) the Cape of Good…Lahaina
(Encyclopedia) LahainaLahainaləhīˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 9,073), Maui co., on the west coast of Maui Island, Hawaii, in a sugarcane and pineapple region. It was the scene of the first European…Lander, Richard Lemon
(Encyclopedia) Lander, Richard Lemon, 1804–34, English explorer. He accompanied Clapperton to the Niger River in 1827 and brought back Clapperton's journal, which was published (1829) with an account…Alta California
(Encyclopedia) Alta CaliforniaAlta Californiaälˈtə kălˌĭfôrˈnyə [key], term used by the Spanish to refer to their possessions along the entire Pacific coast north of the Mexican state of Baja…Trending
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