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Atambayev, Almazbek Sharshenovich

(Encyclopedia) Atambayev, Almazbek Sharshenovich, 1956–, Kyrgyz political leader, grad. Moscow Institute of Management (1983). An economist and Communist party member, he served (1983–87) on the…

Atlantic City

(Encyclopedia) Atlantic City, city (2020 pop. 39,497), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier…

Chiang Mai

(Encyclopedia) Chiang Mai Chiang Mai jyängˈ mīˈ [key] or Chiengmai Chiang Mai…

Eisenach

(Encyclopedia) Eisenach Eisenach īˈzənäkh [key], city, Thuringia, central Germany. It is an industrial center and…

Bongo, Omar

(Encyclopedia) Bongo, Omar (El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba)Bongo, Omarbôngˈgō [key], 1935–2009, Gabonese political leader, president of Gabon (1967–2009), b. Albert-Bernard Bongo. He entered the civil…

Cambridge, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Cambridge, city and district, Cambridgeshire, E central England, on the River Cam. The city, set in flat country, is most famous as the…

Carcassonne

(Encyclopedia) Carcassonne Carcassonne kärkäsônˈ [key], city, capital of Aude dept., S France, in Languedoc. The old…

Cayman Islands

(Encyclopedia) Cayman IslandsCayman Islandskāˈmən [key], British dependency (2015 est. pop. 60,000), 100 sq mi (259 sq km), comprising three low-lying islands in the West Indies. George Town, the…

Ticino , canton, Switzerland

(Encyclopedia) TicinoTicinotēchēˈnō [key], Fr. and Ger. Tessin, canton (1993 pop. 294,100), 1,086 sq mi (2,813 sq km), S Switzerland, on the southern slope of the central Alps, bordering on Italy.…