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Dobrich

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

Fort Madison

(Encyclopedia) Fort Madison, city (2020 pop. 10,270), seat of Lee co., SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1838. Fort Madison, a U.S. trading post…

Albury-Wodonga

(Encyclopedia) Albury-WodongaAlbury-Wodongaôlˈbərē-wədôngˈgə [key], twin cities (2016 combined pop. 83,104). Albury is in New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Murray River. Wodonga is on the S side…

Fremantle

(Encyclopedia) Fremantle Fremantle frēˈmănˌtəl, frĭmˈəntəl [key], city, Western…

Garey, Thomas Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Garey, Thomas Andrew, 1830–1909, American pioneer in citrus culture, b. Cincinnati. He traveled from Iowa to California by ox team (1849–52). In 1865 he built a citrus nursery on land…

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

(Encyclopedia) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen gärˈmĭsh-pärˌtənkĭrˈkhən [key], town, Bavaria, S Germany…

Guanabacoa

(Encyclopedia) GuanabacoaGuanabacoagwänäbäkōˈä [key], municipality (1986 est. pop. 95,500), Ciudad de La Habana prov., W Cuba, a residential and commercial suburb of Havana. Numerous mineral springs…

Guarda

(Encyclopedia) Guarda Guarda gwärˈdə [key], city, capital of Guarda dist., N central Portugal, in Beira Alta…

Tyana

(Encyclopedia) TyanaTyanatīˈənə [key], town of ancient Cappadocia, at the northern foot of the Taurus range, in present S central Turkey. A powerful military fortress and a prosperous commercial…

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…