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(Encyclopedia)Sari särēˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 167,602), capital of Mazandaran prov., N Iran, near the Caspian Sea. It is the trade center for a farm region where citrus fruit, cotton, rice, and sugarcane are g...Rancho Cordova
(Encyclopedia)Rancho Cordova rănˈchō kôrdōˈvə [key], uninc. residential city (1990 pop. 48,731), Sacramento co., N Calif. A suburb of Sacramento, it experienced rapid growth in the late 20th cent. Nursery pr...Oujda
(Encyclopedia)Oujda or Oudjda both: o͞ojdäˈ [key], Arab. Ujda, city (1994 pop. 357,278), NE Morocco, near the Algerian border. It is a railroad junction, agricultural market, and commercial center. It was occupi...Pontormo, Jacopo da
(Encyclopedia)Pontormo, Jacopo da yäˈkōpō dä pōntôrˈmō [key], 1494–1556, Florentine painter, one of the creators of mannerism. His real name was Jacopo Carrucci. He studied with Andrea del Sarto, Leonard...Chiang Mai
(Encyclopedia)Chiang Mai jyĕngˈ– [key], city, capital of Chiang Mai prov., N Thailand, on the Ping River, ...Lippi
(Encyclopedia)Lippi lēpˈpē [key], name of two celebrated Italian painters of the 15th cent., Fra Filippo Lippi and his son, Filippino Lippi. Filippino Lippi,Filippino Lippi, c.1457–1504, son of Fra Filippo a...Andong, city, South Korea
(Encyclopedia)Andong änˈdŭngˈ [key], city, North Gyeongsang (Kyongsang) prov., E South Korea. It is a railroad junction, terminus of the navigable portion of the Nakdong River, and ...Guntur
(Encyclopedia)Guntur go͞onto͞orˈ [key], city, Andhra Pradesh state, SE India. Located in the Krishna River ...Chita
(Encyclopedia)Chita chētäˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 366,000), capital of Chita region, SE Siberian Russia, at the confluence of the Chita and Ingoda rivers and on the Trans-Siberian RR. Railroad and food-processin...Depew
(Encyclopedia)Depew, town (2020 pop. 15,178), Erie co., W central N.Y., a suburb of Buffalo; inc. 1894. Depew has diverse manufactures that include plastics, food pro...Browse by Subject
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