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Luang Phabang

(Encyclopedia) Luang PhabangLuang Phabanglwäng pəbängˈ [key] or Luang PrabangLuang Prabangprə– [key], city (1995 est. pop. 55,300), capital of Luang Phabang prov. and the historic, religious, and…

Christiansted

(Encyclopedia) Christiansted Christiansted krĭsˈchənstĕdˌ [key], town, chief city of St. Croix, one of the U.S. Virgin…

Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean

(Encyclopedia) Christmas Island, tropical island, 60 sq mi (155 sq km), an external territory of Australia, in the Indian Ocean c.200 mi (320 km) S of…

Kingston, city, Jamaica

(Encyclopedia) Kingston, city (1991 pop. 97,424), capital and largest city of Jamaica, SE Jamaica. The country's chief port, it has one of the finest harbors in the West Indies and exports sugar, rum…

Ardennes, region, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France

(Encyclopedia) Ardennes, wooded plateau, from 1,600 to 2,300 ft (488–701 m) high, in SE Belgium, N Luxembourg, and Ardennes dept., N France, E and S of the Meuse River. The plateau is cut into wild…

Laramie

(Encyclopedia) LaramieLaramielârˈəmē [key], city (1990 pop. 26,687), seat of Albany co., SE Wyo., on the Laramie River; inc. 1874. It is a commercial, railroad, and industrial center for a livestock…

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…

Morrison, Scott

(Encyclopedia) Morrison, Scott, 1968–, Australian political leader, b. Sydney. Morrison was head of tourism for both New Zealand and Australia before he became state director (2000–2004) of the…

Austral Islands

(Encyclopedia) Austral Islands Austral Islands ôˈstrəl [key], volcanic island group, South Pacific, part of French Polynesia. They are sometimes known as the Tubuai…

Bornholm

(Encyclopedia) Bornholm Bornholm bôrnˈhôlm [key], county, 227 sq mi (588 sq km), extreme E Denmark, in the Baltic…