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Esbjerg

(Encyclopedia) Esbjerg Esbjerg ĕsˈbyĕr [key], city, Ribe co., SW Denmark, a port on the North Sea. It is a…

Dobrich

(Encyclopedia) Dobrich Dobrich dôbrēchˈ [key], city, NE Bulgaria, a commercial and cultural center of the…

Mostaganem

(Encyclopedia) MostaganemMostaganemmōsˌtägänĕmˈ [key], city (1998 pop. 124,399), capital of Mostaganem prov., NW Algeria, a port on the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded in the 11th cent. and reached…

Mozhaisk

(Encyclopedia) MozhaiskMozhaiskməzhīskˈ [key], city, W central European Russia, on the Moskva River. First mentioned in 1231, Mozhaisk was joined with Moscow principality in 1303 and became an…

Mysuru

(Encyclopedia) Mysuru, formerly MysoreMysoremīsôrˈ [key], city (2011 provisional pop. 887,446), Karnataka state, S India. Mysore is an industrial, commercial, and educational center whose products…

Bridgetown

(Encyclopedia) Bridgetown, city (2014 approx. pop. 110,000), capital, commercial center, and chief port of Barbados, West Indies. It is, in addition, a…

Afyonkarahisar

(Encyclopedia) Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar äfyōnˈkäˌrähĭsärˈ [key] [Turk.,=black castle of opium], city, capital of Afyonkarahisar prov., W central Turkey, at an…

Brookhaven

(Encyclopedia) Brookhaven. 1 City (2020 pop. 11,674), seat of Lincoln co., SW Miss.; inc. 1859. It is situated in a dairy, timber, and farm area. Oil…

Brown, Walter Folger

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Walter FolgerBrown, Walter Folgerfōlˈjər [key], 1869–1961, American cabinet officer, b. Massillon, Ohio. A lawyer of Toledo, Ohio, he became prominent in Republican politics and…

Burgas

(Encyclopedia) Burgas Burgas b&oobreve;rgäsˈ [key], city, SE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It rivals Varna as the…