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Thiès

(Encyclopedia) ThièsThièstyĕs [key], city (1988 pop. 175,465), W Senegal, on the Dakar-Niger RR. It is the trade center for a farming region where peanuts, cassava, and livestock are raised.…

Brainerd

(Encyclopedia) Brainerd Brainerd brāˈnərd [key], city (2020 pop. 14,395), seat of Crow Wing co., central Minn., on…

Sterlitamak

(Encyclopedia) SterlitamakSterlitamakstyĭrlyētəmäkˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 247,000), Bashkortostan, E European Russia, on the Belaya River. It is a port and the center of a chemical complex. Milling…

Torroja y Miret, Eduardo

(Encyclopedia) Torroja y Miret, EduardoTorroja y Miret, Eduardoāˌdwärˈᵺō tō-rōˈhä ē mērĕtˈ [key], 1900–1961, Spanish structural architect. With José Maria Aguirre he founded (1934) an experimental…

Durrington Walls

(Encyclopedia) Durrington Walls, large henge overlooking the River Avon near Stonehenge and Amesbury, Wiltshire, S England. Although damaged and diminished by farming, erosion, and road construction…

Nouakchott

(Encyclopedia) NouakchottNouakchottnwäkshôtˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 500,000), capital of Mauritania and Nouakchott dist., W Mauritania, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Located between the Atlantic…

National Road

(Encyclopedia) National Road, U.S. highway built in the early 19th cent. At the time of its construction, the National Road was the most ambitious road-building project ever undertaken in the United…

broker

(Encyclopedia) broker, one who acts as an intermediary in a sale or other business transaction between two parties. Such a person conducts individual transactions only, is given no general authority…

Mudanjiang

(Encyclopedia) Mudanjiang or MutankiangMutankiangboth: m&oomacr;-dän-jyäng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 602,700), SE Heilongjiang prov., China. It is a railroad junction and a lumbering center in…

Limón

(Encyclopedia) LimónLimónlēmōnˈ [key], city (1995 est. pop. 55,866), capital of Limón prov., Costa Rica, on the Caribbean Sea. Once the leading port of Costa Rica, it has been superseded by Moín.…