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(Encyclopedia)French Community, established in 1958 by the constitution of the Fifth French Republic to replace the French Union. Its members consisted of the French Republic, which included metropolitan France (co...personal digital assistant
(Encyclopedia)personal digital assistant (PDA), lightweight, hand-held computer designed for use as a personal organizer with communications capabilities; also called a handheld. A typical PDA has no keyboard, rely...Harbin
(Encyclopedia)Harbin härˈbĭn [key], Rus. Kharbin, city (1994 est. pop. 2,505,200), capital of Heilongjiang prov., China, on the Songhua River. It is the major trade and communications center of central Manchuria...Hudson, towns, United States
(Encyclopedia)Hudson. 1 Industrial town (2020 pop. 20,092), Middlesex co., E central Mass., on the Assabet River, in an apple-growing region; settled c.1699, ...Mosby, John Singleton
(Encyclopedia)Mosby, John Singleton môzˈbē [key], 1833–1916, Confederate partisan leader in the American Civil War, b. Edgemont, Va. He was practicing law in Bristol, Va., when the Civil War broke out. Mosby s...Bujumbura
(Encyclopedia)Bujumbura bo͞oˌjəmˈbo͝orˈə [key], city, commercial capital of Burundi and capital of Bujumbura Mairie ...Harare
(Encyclopedia)Harare həˈrärā [key], formerly Salisbury, city (1992 est. pop. 1,485,615), alt. 4,865 ft (1,483 m), capital of Zimbabwe, NE Zimbabwe. Harare is Zimbabwe's largest city and its administrative, comm...Belém
(Encyclopedia)Belém pəräˈ [key], city, capital of Pará state, N Brazil, on the Pará River. Belém, th...Ruse
(Encyclopedia)Ruse ro͝oˈsĕ [key], city (1993 pop. 170,209), NE Bulgaria, on the Danube River bordering Romania. The chief river port of Bulgaria, it is also an industrial and communications center; a bridge span...Browse by Subject
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