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(Encyclopedia) KalemieKalemiekälāˈmē [key], formerly AlbertvilleAlbertvilleälbĕrvēlˈ [key], city (1984 pop. 73,528), Tanganyika prov., SE Congo (Kinshasa), on Lake Tanganyika at the mouth of the…Jyväskylä
(Encyclopedia) JyväskyläJyväskyläyüˈvăsküˌlă [key], city (1998 pop. 76,948), Western Finland prov., S central Finland. Situated on Lake Päijänne, it is an important port. Paper and wood products,…Yellowknife
(Encyclopedia) Yellowknife, city (1991 pop. 15,179), capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada, on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Yellowknife River. It is the largest…Waynesboro
(Encyclopedia) Waynesboro, city (1990 pop. 18,549), surrounded by but politically independent of August co., central Va., in the Shenandoah valley; settled c.1736, inc. as a city 1948. An industrial…Pacaya
(Encyclopedia) Pacaya, volcanic massif, 8,373 ft (2,552 m) high, S central Guatemala, 19 mi (30 km) S of Guatemala City, on the southern edge of the ancient caldera that contains Lake Amatitlán. One…Puno
(Encyclopedia) PunoPunop&oomacr;ˈnō [key], city (1993 pop. 97,796), alt. 12,648 ft (3,855 m), capital of Puno dept., SE Peru, on an embayment of Lake Titicaca. It is a commercial, tourist, and…Otsu
(Encyclopedia) OtsuOtsuōˈts&oomacr; [key], city (1990 pop. 260,018), capital of Shiga prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. It is a tourist center and a port for excursion boats on Lake Biwa. Electrical…Syracuse, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) SyracuseSyracusesĭrˈəky&oomacr;s, sĕrˈ– [key], city (1990 pop. 163,860), seat of Onondaga co., central N.Y., on Onondaga Lake and the Erie Canal; settled c.1788, inc. as a city…Ioánnina
(Encyclopedia) Ioánnina Ioánnina yôäˈnēnä [key], city, capital of Ioánnina prefecture, NW Greece, in Epirus…Westminster
(Encyclopedia) Westminster. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 78,118), Orange co., S Calif.; founded 1870 as a temperance colony for Presbyterians, inc. 1957. It has several industrial parks. Naval…Trending
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