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Cape Town, City of
(Encyclopedia)Cape Town, City of, metropolitan municipality (2021 est. pop. 4,710,000), Western Cape prov., South Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Town is the ...Río de Oro
(Encyclopedia)Río de Oro: see Western Sahara. ...Daugava
(Encyclopedia)Daugava: see Dvina (Western Dvina), river. ...Düna
(Encyclopedia)Düna: see Dvina (Western Dvina), river. ...bluegrass music
(Encyclopedia)bluegrass music: see country and western music. ...Karroo
(Encyclopedia)Karroo or Karoo both: kəro͞oˈ, kä– [key], the semiarid plateaus of South Africa. The Little Karroo, in Western Cape, is located N of the Langeberg and Outeniqua Ranges and extends c.200 mi (320 ...theater of the absurd
(Encyclopedia)theater of the absurd: see drama, Western. ...Deal Island
(Encyclopedia)Deal Island, small island, off the western shore of Delmarva peninsula, in Tangier Sound, SE Md. It is an oyster, clam, and crab shipping and processing center. ...Ross and Cromarty
(Encyclopedia)Ross and Cromarty, former county, N Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Ross and Cromarty was divided between the new Highland and Western Isles regions (now council areas). ...Buh, river, E Europe, also known as Western Buh
(Encyclopedia)Buh or Western Buh, river, Eastern Europe: see Bug. ...Browse by Subject
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