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Scorpius

(Encyclopedia)Scorpius –pēō [key] [Lat.,=the scorpion], conspicuous southern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Sagittarius and Libra; it is one of the con...

Guadeloupe

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Guadeloupe gwädəlo͞opˈ [key], overseas department and administrative region of France (2015 est. pop. 450,000), 687 sq mi (1,779 sq km), in the Leeward Islands, West Indies. The department ...

Córdoba, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Córdoba kôrˈdōvä [key], city, Veracruz state, E central Mexico. It is the commercial and ...

Cumaná

(Encyclopedia)Cumaná ko͞omänäˈ [key], city, capital of Sucre state, NE Venezuela, on the Manzanares River ...

Gaya

(Encyclopedia)Gaya gīˈə [key], city, Bihar state, E central India. The region is sacred to Buddhist and ...

Lodi, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Lodi lōˈdī [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 51,874), San Joaquin co., central Calif., on the Mokelumne River, in a rich farm area; inc. 1906. Agricultural products include nursery stock, sugar beets, fruit...

Cirebon

(Encyclopedia)Cirebon chēˌrĭbŏnˈ [key], formerly Tjirebon, port city, district, and seaport, N Java, I...

Kütahya

(Encyclopedia)Kütahya kütäˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 131,286), capital of Kütahya prov., W central Turkey. An agricultural market center producing sugar beets, fruit, and cotton. Iron, lignite, mercury, and c...

Leloir, Luis Federico

(Encyclopedia)Leloir, Luis Federico, 1906–87, Argentine biochemist, b. France, M.D. Univ. of Buenos Aires, 1932, Ph.D. Leloir was a researcher at the Univ. of Buenos Aires from 1932 to 1943. He then taught briefl...

Eskişehir

(Encyclopedia)Eskişehir ĕskēˈshĕhērˌ [key], city, capital of Eskişehir prov., W central Turkey. An ...
 

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