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Cojutepeque

(Encyclopedia) Cojutepeque Cojutepeque kōh&oomacr;tāpāˈkā [key], city, capital of Cuscatlán dept., central El…

Charente, river, France

(Encyclopedia) Charente, river, 220 mi (354 km) long, rising near Limoges, W France, and flowing W to the Bay of Biscay. The river flows past Angoulême (the head of navigation), Cognac, Saintes, and…

Duque de Caxias

(Encyclopedia) Duque de Caxias Duque de Caxias d&oomacr;ˈkĭ dĭ käshˈyəs [key],…

Fukuyama

(Encyclopedia) Fukuyama Fukuyama f&oomacr;k&oomacr;ˈyämä [key], city, Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan,…

Agartala

(Encyclopedia) Agartala Agartala əgŭrˈtələ [key], city, capital of Tripura state, NE India, near the Bangladesh border. A market town for rice, tea, jute, and oilseed, it…

Borås

(Encyclopedia) Borås Borås b&oomacr;rōsˈ [key], city, Älvsborg co., SW Sweden, on the Viskan River. It is a…

Bourne

(Encyclopedia) Bourne, town (2020 pop. 20,452), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935),…

Yauco

(Encyclopedia) YaucoYaucoyouˈkō [key], town (1990 pop. 42,058), SW Puerto Rico, on the Yauco River. It is a growing commercial, trade, and processing center of a sugar, coffee, tobacco, and cotton…

Timmins

(Encyclopedia) Timmins, town (1991 pop. 47,461), central Ont., Canada, on the Mattagami River. Timmins is the commercial center of the rich Porcupine gold-mining district, where gold was first…

Wildwood

(Encyclopedia) Wildwood, city (1990 pop. 4,484), Cape May co., SE N.J., on an island off Cape May; settled 1882, inc. as a city 1911. It has large commercial fisheries and is a popular summer seaside…