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(Encyclopedia)hydroelectric power: see power, electric; water power. ...Acajutla
(Encyclopedia)Acajutla äkäho͞otˈlä [key], town (1993 17,233), SW El Salvador, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a coffee and fishing port, a railroad terminus, and a resort. Sugar is an important export. ...Usulután
(Encyclopedia)Usulután o͞oso͞olo͞otänˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 38,138), S El Salvador. Near the volcano of the same name, the city is the commercial center of an agricultural region. ...Cojutepeque
(Encyclopedia)Cojutepeque kōho͞otāpāˈkā [key], city, capital of Cuscatlán dept., central El Salvador. It is ...Yoshkar-Ola
(Encyclopedia)Yoshkar-Ola or Ioshkar-Ola both: yəshkärˌəläˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 242,000), capital of Mari El, E central European Russia. Manufactures include pharmaceuticals and agricultural machinery. The...Ar Raqqah
(Encyclopedia)Ar Raqqah ĕl räshēdˈ [key], city, capital of Ar Raqqah governorate, N Syria, on the Euphrates River. Carpets are manufactured, and the city has an agricultural experim...Delibes, Miguel
(Encyclopedia)Delibes, Miguel mēgĕlˈ dālēˈbās [key], 1920–2010, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, b. Valladolid. Prolific and widely translated, he is known for his descriptions of prov...Andújar
(Encyclopedia)Andújar ändo͞oˈhär [key], city, Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir River. Its pottery and its water-cooling jars made of porous stone are famous....Cincinnati Art Museum
(Encyclopedia)Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1877 by the Women's Art Museum Association, the museum opened in 1886. Its collections contain examples spanning 3,000 years of artistic production....Hermopolis Magna
(Encyclopedia)Hermopolis Magna hərmŏpˈəlĭs măgˈnə [key], ancient city, central Egypt, on the Nile and near the modern Ashmunein. It was the chief seat for the worship of Thoth. At the modern Tunneh el Gebel...Browse by Subject
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