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Ålesund

(Encyclopedia) Ålesund Ålesund ôˈləs&oobreve;n [key], city, Møre og Romsdal county, W Norway, on 3 islands in the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Storfjord. It is a…

Coatzacoalcos

(Encyclopedia) Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos kwätsäkwälˈkōs [key], city, Veracruz state, E central Mexico, at the mouth…

Ganzhou

(Encyclopedia) Ganzhou or KanchowGanzhouboth: gänˈjōˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 239,400), SW Jiangxi prov., China, on the Gan River. It is a large transportation, distribution, and commercial…

Anshun

(Encyclopedia) AnshunAnshunänˈsh&oobreve;nˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 205,600), W central Guizhou prov., SW China. A flourishing town during the opium traffic days, it is now an important…

Halle, town, Belgium

(Encyclopedia) Halle Halle hälˈə [key], Fr. Hal, commune, Flemish Brabant prov., central…

Bethesda, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Bethesda, uninc. city (2020 pop. 63,195), Montgomery co., W central Md., an affluent residential and commercial suburb of Washington, D.…

Biskra

(Encyclopedia) Biskra Biskra bēskräˈ [key], city, NE Algeria, at the foot of the Aurès Mts. It is a…

Vittorio Veneto

(Encyclopedia) Vittorio VenetoVittorio Venetovēt-tôˈryō vānĕˈtō [key], town (1991 pop. 29,231), Venetia, NE Italy, in the Alpine foothills. It is a secondary industrial and commercial center and a…

Vejle

(Encyclopedia) VejleVejlevīˈlə [key], city (1992 pop. 46,074), capital of Vejle co., central Denmark, a seaport at the head of the Vejle Fjord. It is a commercial and industrial center and a rail…

Tonawanda

(Encyclopedia) TonawandaTonawandatŏnəwŏnˈdə [key], city (1990 pop. 17,284), Erie co., NW N.Y., on the Niagara River at the terminus of the Erie Canal; inc. as a village 1854, as a city 1903. An…