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Foggia
(Encyclopedia)Foggia fôdˈjä [key], city, capital of Foggia prov., in Apulia, S Italy. It is a transporta...Moroni
(Encyclopedia)Moroni mōrōˈnē [key], town (1990 pop. 23,432), capital of Comoros, on Njazidja (formerly Grande Comore) island, at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, an arm of the Indian Ocean. Moroni is...New Hampshire, University of
(Encyclopedia)New Hampshire, University of, main campus at Durham; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1866, opened 1868 as the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts, a division of Dar...Bridgeton
(Encyclopedia)Bridgeton. 1 City (2020 pop. 11,458), St. Louis co., E Mo., on the Missouri River; settled c.1765, inc. 1843. Consumer goods and metal products ...Braga
(Encyclopedia)Braga, city (1991 est. pop. 86,316), capital of Braga dist., NW Portugal, in Minho. It is an agricultural trade center that produces electronics, textiles, and firearms. The ancient Bracara Augusta, i...Veliki Ustyug
(Encyclopedia)Veliki Ustyug vyĭlyēˈkē o͝ostyo͞okˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 36,200), N central European Russia, a port on the Northern Dvina River. First mentioned as Ustyug in the 12th cent., the city later be...Titusville
(Encyclopedia)Titusville tīˈtəsvĭl [key], city (1990 pop. 39,394), seat of Brevard co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon); inc. 1886. It is a growing, regional trade center. The construction in the 1950s of th...Tambov
(Encyclopedia)Tambov təmbôfˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 305,000), capital of Tambov region, S central European Russia. A rail junction and manufacturing center, it produces machine tools, instruments, and chemicals....Uitenhage
(Encyclopedia)Uitenhage yo͞oˈtənhāgˌ, oiˈtənhäˌgə [key], town, part of Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., S South Africa, on the Zwartkops River. It is an industrial center,...Norrköping
(Encyclopedia)Norrköping nôrˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 82,640), Östergötland co., SE Sweden, a seaport at the head of the Bråviken, a narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea. It is a commercial, industrial, a...Browse by Subject
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