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Mymensingh

(Encyclopedia)Mymensingh mīˈmĕnsĭng [key], town (1991 pop. 188,713), N central Bangladesh, on an old channel of the Brahmaputra River. It is a trading center for rice, jute, sugar cane, oilseeds, tobacco, musta...

Morava, river, Czech Republic and Slovakia

(Encyclopedia)Morava môrˈävä [key], Ger. March, river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Sudetes, N Czech Republic, and flowing generally S past Olomouc into the Danube River, W of Bratislava. It is navigab...

Teresina

(Encyclopedia)Teresina tārāzēˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 599,272), capital of Piauí state, NE Brazil, on the Parnaíba River. It is the main commercial and agricultural distribution center in the Parnaíba val...

Stowe

(Encyclopedia)Stowe stō [key], resort town (1990 pop. 2,450), Lamoille co., N central Vt.; settled 1794, inc. 1896. It is surrounded by mountains, including Mt. Mansfield, Vermont's highest. Stowe is one of New En...

Zhongshan

(Encyclopedia)Zhongshan shĕˈkēˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 341,200), S Guangdong prov., SE China, near Macau. It is situated on Zhongshan island (sometimes called Macau island), and has sugar refineries. Sun Y...

Beni Suef

(Encyclopedia)Beni Suef bäˈnē [key], city (1986 pop. 152,476), capital of Beni Suef governorate, N central Egypt, on the Nile River. Situated in an intensely cultivated farming region, Beni Suef has cotton mills...

Trelleborg

(Encyclopedia)Trelleborg trĕləbôrˈyə [key], city (1990 pop. 22,850), Malmöhus co., extreme S Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. Manufactures include machinery, rubber, cement, and refined sugar. It is an impor...

Campos

(Encyclopedia)Campos kämˈpo͝os [key], city, Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near ...

Pontianak

(Encyclopedia)Pontianak pôntēäˈnäk [key], city (1990 pop. 398,357), capital of West Kalimantan prov., W Borneo, Indonesia, at the mouth of a small stream in the Kapuas delta near the west coast. The chief city...

Barnaul

(Encyclopedia)Barnaul bərnəo͞olˈ [key], city, capital of Altai Territory, SW Siberian Russia, on the Ob ...
 

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