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(Encyclopedia)Entre Ríos ĕnˈtrā rēˈōs [key], province, 29,428 sq mi (76,219 sq km), E Argentina. Paraná ...Sumy
(Encyclopedia)Sumy, city (1989 pop. 291,000), capital of Sumy region, NE Ukraine. Sugar refining is the major industry; other manufactures include furniture and shoes. Founded as a defensive settlement in 1652, it ...Dráma
(Encyclopedia)Dráma dräˈmä [key], city, capital of Dráma prefecture, NE Greece, in Macedonia. It is th...Kingstown, town, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(Encyclopedia)Kingstown, town (1989 est. pop. 19,300), capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies. The chief port of St. Vincent, Kingstown is an export center for the island's agricultural industry as ...Balikesir
(Encyclopedia)Balikesir bälŭkˌĕsērˈ [key], city, capital of Balikesir prov., NW Turkey. It is a rail junction ...Alentejo
(Encyclopedia)Alentejo əlāntāˈzho͝o [key], historic province, SE Portugal, now divided into Altro (Upper) Alentejo (4,888 sq mi/12,660 sq km) and Baixo (Lower) Alentejo (5,318 sq mi/13,774 sq km). The capital ...Galle
(Encyclopedia)Galle gäl [key], city (1995 est. pop. 87,000), capital of Southern prov., extreme S Sri Lanka, on the Indian Ocean. An agricultural market center, it exports tea, rubber, coconut oil, cloves, and oth...Frankfort
(Encyclopedia)Frankfort, city (2020 pop. 28,602), state capital and seat of Franklin co., N central Ky., on both sides of the Kentucky River, in the heart of the blue...Harar
(Encyclopedia)Harar or Harrar both: häˈrər [key], city, capital of Harar region, E central Ethiopia, at an altitude ...Manchukuo
(Encyclopedia)Manchukuo măncho͞oˈkwō [key], former country, comprising the three provinces of NE China, traditionally called Manchuria. The Japanese invaded Manchuria in 1931 and founded Manchukuo in 1932. Chan...Browse by Subject
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