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Bukavu
(Encyclopedia) Bukavu Bukavu b&oomacr;käˈv&oomacr; [key], city, capital of Sud-Kivu province, E Congo (…Catanzaro
(Encyclopedia) Catanzaro Catanzaro kätändzäˈrō [key], city, capital of Catanzaro prov. and of Calabria, S Italy, on a…Waterbury
(Encyclopedia) Waterbury, industrial city (1990 pop. 108,961), New Haven co., W Conn., on the Naugatuck River; settled 1674, inc. as a city 1853. The city, once famous for its brass industry, is a…Zunyi
(Encyclopedia) Zunyi or TsunyiZunyiboth: dz&oomacr;nˈyēˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 295,200), N Guizhou prov., SW China. It is on the main highway to Sichuan and is the commercial and…Berlin Decree
(Encyclopedia) Berlin Decree, 1806, decree issued in Berlin by Napoleon I on Nov. 21 in answer to the British blockade. Claiming that the British blockade of purely commercial ports was contrary to…Veszprém
(Encyclopedia) VeszprémVeszprémvĕˈsprām [key], town (1991 est. pop. 64,277), W Hungary, near the Lake of Balaton. It is a commercial center producing textiles, wine, knitted goods, and foodstuffs.…Wuhu
(Encyclopedia) WuhuWuhuw&oomacr;-h&oomacr; [key], city (1994 est. pop. 457,900), E central Anhui prov., China. It is a deepwater port on the Chang River, linked by rail with Nanjing and…Svishtov
(Encyclopedia) SvishtovSvishtovsvēshtôfˈ [key], town (1993 pop. 31,960), N Bulgaria, a port on the Danube River. It is an agricultural center with a significant fishing industry. With a history…San Francisco de Macorís
(Encyclopedia) San Francisco de MacorísSan Francisco de Macoríssăn frănsĭsˈkō [key]San Francisco de Macorísᵺā mäkōrēsˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 96,503), N Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and…Santa Ana, city, El Salvador
(Encyclopedia) Santa AnaSanta Anasänˌtä äˈnä [key], city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane,…