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(Encyclopedia) Hunan Hunan h&oomacr;ˈnänˈ [key] [south of the lake], province, c.80,000 sq mi (207,254 sq km), S…Yunnan
(Encyclopedia) Yunnan or Yun-nanYunnanboth: yünˈnän [key] [south of the clouds], province (2010 pop. 45,966,239), c.162,000 sq mi (419,600 sq km), SW China. It borders Myanmar on the west and Laos…Zhejiang
(Encyclopedia) ZhejiangZhejiangjŭˈjyängˈ [key] or ChekiangZhejiangchĕˈkyăngˈ [key], province (2010 pop. 54,426,891), c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), SE China, on the East China Sea. The capital is…Fortune, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Fortune, Robert, 1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England a number of…Iruma
(Encyclopedia) Iruma Iruma ēr&oomacr;ˈmä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Iruma…orange, in botany
(Encyclopedia) orange, name for a tree of the family Rutaceae (rue, or orange, family), native to China and Indochina, and for its fruit, the most important fresh fruit of international commerce. Its…Hamamatsu
(Encyclopedia) Hamamatsu Hamamatsu hämäˈmäts&oomacr; [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. An…Kanoya
(Encyclopedia) KanoyaKanoyakänōˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 77,655), Kagoshima prefecture, S Kyushu, Japan, on the Osumi Peninsula. It is an agricultural market for cereals and sweet potatoes, and it…Fosse, Bob
(Encyclopedia) Fosse, Bob (Robert Louis Fosse)Fosse, Bobfôˈsē, fŏsˈē [key], 1927–87, American choreographer and director, b. Chicago. Generally recognized as the most talented and influential…Yokkaichi
(Encyclopedia) YokkaichiYokkaichiyōk-kīˈchē [key], city (1990 pop. 274,180), Mie prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, a port on Ise Bay. It is a manufacturing center that produces banko ware (a kind of…Trending
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