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(Encyclopedia)Peshawar pəshäˈwär, pəshôˈər [key], city (1998 pop. 988,005), capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), NW Pakistan. A road and rail center near the famed Khyber P...Oran
(Encyclopedia)Oran ôräNˈ [key], city (1998 pop. 692,516), capital of Oran prov., NW Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Oran of the Mediterranean Sea. One of the country's leading ports, it ships wheat, wine, alcohol...Palermo
(Encyclopedia)Palermo pälĕrˈmō [key], Lat. Panormus, city (1991 pop. 698,556), capital of Palermo prov. and of Sicily, NW Sicily, Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Situated on the edge of the Conca d'Oro (Golden Co...Austin
(Encyclopedia)Austin. 1 City, seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the ...Colima, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Colima, city, capital of Colima state, SW Mexico. It is a marketing and processing center for the surrounding agricultural region. The city was founded ...Côte-d'Or
(Encyclopedia)Côte-d'Or kōt-dôr [key], department, E France, largely in Burgundy, partly in Champagne. ...Gard
(Encyclopedia)Gard gär [key], department, S France, on the Rhône River and the Mediterranean Sea. Nîmes ...Greiz
(Encyclopedia)Greiz grīts [key], city, Thuringia, central E Germany, on the White Elster River. Manufactur...Haute-Garonne
(Encyclopedia)Haute-Garonne ōt-gärônˈ [key], department, S France, in Languedoc, bordering Spain. Toulouse is the capital. ...Hautes-Pyrénées
(Encyclopedia)Hautes-Pyrénées ōt-pērānāˈ [key], department, SW France, in the Pyrenees. Tarbes is the capital. ...Browse by Subject
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