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Mérida, city, Venezuela
(Encyclopedia) MéridaMéridamārēˈdĕ [key], city (1990 pop. 170,902), capital of Mérida state, W Venezuela. The highest city in Venezuela, Mérida has fishing and a variety of light manufacturing, in…Colombey-les-deux-Églises
(Encyclopedia) Colombey-les-deux-Églises Colombey-les-deux-Églises kôlôNbāˈ-lā-döz-āglēzˈ [key], town, Haute-Marne…Alicante
(Encyclopedia) Alicante Alicante älēkänˈtā [key], city, capital of Alicante prov., SE Spain, in Valencia. A Mediterranean port, it has exports of wine, oil, cereals, fruit…Châtillon-sur-Seine
(Encyclopedia) Châtillon-sur-SeineChâtillon-sur-SeineshätēyôNˈ-sür-sĕn [key], town (1993 est. pop. 7,451), Côte d'Or dept., N central France, in Burgundy, on the Seine River. It was a residence of…George Town
(Encyclopedia) George Town, town (1989 pop. 12,921), capital and administrative center of the Cayman Islands, in the West Indies. A major offshore banking and business center, it is the site of…Gejiu
(Encyclopedia) Gejiu or KokiuGejiuboth: gô-jē&oomacr; [key], town (1994 est. pop. 216,400), S Yunnan prov., China. Site of the country's largest tin reserves, it is the great tin-mining center of…Fort Beauséjour
(Encyclopedia) Fort BeauséjourFort Beauséjourbōsāzh&oomacr;rˈ [key], N.B., Canada, near Amherst, N.S. Built by the French between 1751 and 1755 to command Chignecto isthmus between Nova Scotia…Catamarca
(Encyclopedia) Catamarca Catamarca kätämärˈkä [key], city, capital of Catamarca prov., NW Argentina. It is an…Ypsilanti, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) YpsilantiYpsilantiĭpsĭlănˈtē [key], city (1990 pop. 24,846), Washtenaw co., SE Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1832. It is a residential, commercial, and farm-trade center. There is…Yamagata
(Encyclopedia) Yamagata, city (1990 pop. 249,487), capital of Yamagata prefecture, N Honshu, Japan. The city produces consumer goods, computer equipment, and cast metal and is the site of Yamagata…Trending
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