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Carolina

(Encyclopedia) Carolina Carolina kärōlēˈnä [key], city, Puerto Rico. Located 7 mi (11 km) SE of San Juan, it is a…

Gurugram

(Encyclopedia) Gurugram, formerly Gurgaon Gurugram, gûrˈgoun [key], city, Haryana state, N…

2002 CART Race Locations

March—TECATE TELMEX MONTERREY GRAND PRIX at Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico. April—TOYOTA GP OF LONG BEACH in Long Beach, Calif.; BRIDGESTONE POTENZA 500 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan.…

International Terrorist Organizations

From al-Qaeda to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia by Ben Snowden and Laura Hayes Pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the secretary of state formally…

Moffat Tunnel

(Encyclopedia) Moffat TunnelMoffat Tunnelmŏfˈət [key], railroad tube, 24 ft (7.3 m) high, 18 ft (5.5 m) wide, and 6.4 mi (10.3 km) long, N central Colo., in the Continental Divide, NW of Denver. One…

Viñoly, Rafael

(Encyclopedia) Viñoly, Rafael, 1944–, Uruguayan-American architect, b. Montevideo. Even before receiving his architectural degrees (1968, 1969) from the Univ. of Buenos Aires, he and six associates…

Malé Island

(Encyclopedia) Malé IslandMalé Islandmälˈā [key] small island and town (1995 pop. 62,937), capital of the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. Part of Malé Atoll, Malé Island is the site of a seaplane base…

Keflavík

(Encyclopedia) KeflavíkKeflavíkkĕpˈlävēkˌ [key], town (1993 pop. 7,584), SW Iceland, on the Faxaflói, W of Reykjavík. It is a major fishing port, best known for its large international airport, which…

Culver City

(Encyclopedia) Culver City, city (2020 pop. 40,779), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. Culver City's chief…

Sylhet

(Encyclopedia) SylhetSylhetsĭlhĕtˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 117,398), E Bangladesh, on the Surma River. It is the administrative center for a district of rice and tea cultivation; there is extensive…