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Labuan

(Encyclopedia) LabuanLabuanləb&oomacr;ˈən, läˌb&oomacr;änˈ [key], island (1991 pop. 54,307), 38 sq mi (98 sq km), a federal territory of Malaysia, off Sabah, N Borneo, in the South China Sea…

MacDowell, Edward Alexander

(Encyclopedia) MacDowell, Edward Alexander, 1860–1908, American composer, b. New York City. He studied at the conservatories in Paris and Frankfurt and taught (1881–82) at the Darmstadt Conservatory…

Claiborne, William

(Encyclopedia) Claiborne, WilliamClaiborne, Williamklāˈbərn [key], c.1587–c.1677, Virginia colonist, b. Westmorland co., England. He emigrated to Virginia in 1621 as official surveyor and then served…

Simon's Town

(Encyclopedia) Simon's Town or SimonstownSimon's Townsīˈmənztoun [key], town, now part of City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality, Western Cape prov., SW South Africa, on False Bay, an arm of the…

Ochakiv

(Encyclopedia) OchakivOchakivəchäˈkəf [key], city, S Ukraine, on the Dnieper-Buh estuary and on the Black Sea. It is the center of an agricultural district and a seaport with fishing industries. In…

Fernando de Noronha

(Encyclopedia) Fernando de NoronhaFernando de Noronhafərnänˈd&oobreve; dĭ n&oobreve;rôˈnyə [key], group of 21 islands, c.10 sq mi (26 sq km), in the Atlantic Ocean, c.225 mi (360 km) off the…

Cumae

(Encyclopedia) CumaeCumaeky&oomacr;ˈmē [key], ancient city of Campania, Italy, near Naples. According to Strabo, it was the earliest Greek colony in Italy or Sicily, and it seems to have been…

Funafuti

(Encyclopedia) FunafutiFunafutif&oomacr;näf&oomacr;ˈtē [key], capital and chief atoll of Tuvalu, S Pacific. It comprises 30 islets of a reef 13 mi (21 km) long, with a land area of c.1 sq mi…

Georgetown, city, Guyana

(Encyclopedia) Georgetown, city (1985 est. pop. 75,000), capital and largest city of Guyana, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Demerara River. It was known as Stabroek when the Dutch…

Frere, Sir Henry Bartle Edward

(Encyclopedia) Frere, Sir Henry Bartle EdwardFrere, Sir Henry Bartle Edwardfrēr [key], 1815–84, British colonial administrator; nephew of John Hookham Frere. He served (1850–59) as chief commissioner…