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Goole
(Encyclopedia)Goole go͞ol [key], municipal borough, East Riding of Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence...Inhambane
(Encyclopedia)Inhambane ĭnˌyəmbănˈə [key], city, SE Mozambique, on Inhambane Bay, an inlet of Mozambique ...Lolland
(Encyclopedia)Lolland or Laaland both: lôˈlän [key], island (1992 pop. 72,536), 479 sq mi (1,241 sq km), SE Denmark, in the Baltic Sea, E of Langeland, S of Sjælland, and W of Falster. The island is low-lying a...Chaozhou
(Encyclopedia)Chaozhou chouˈänˈ [key], city, E Guangdong prov., China, on the Han River. It is a transpo...Lethbridge
(Encyclopedia)Lethbridge lĕthˈbrĭj [key], city (1991 pop. 60,974), S Alta., Canada, on the Oldman River. Formerly a coal-mining center, Lethbridge is now a commercial and service center for an irrigated farming ...eThekwini
(Encyclopedia)eThekwini, metropolitan municipality, 885 sq mi (2,291 sq km), KwaZulu-Natal prov., E South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. Durban is the municipal seat; o...Bridgetown
(Encyclopedia)Bridgetown, city (2014 approx. pop. 110,000), capital, commercial center, and chief port of Barbados, West Indies. It is, in addition, a tourist and hea...Tepic
(Encyclopedia)Tepic tāpēkˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 206,967), capital of Nayarit state, W Mexico, on the Tepic River. A commercial center on the coastal line of the Mexican National Railways and on a major highway...Carlow, city, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Carlow, town, seat of Co. Carlow, SE Republic of Ireland, on the Barrow River. It is an agricultural market in a dairy region, with sugar refining, flou...Tienen
(Encyclopedia)Tienen or Thienen both: tēˈnən [key], Fr. Tirlemont, commune (1991 est. pop. 31,567), Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium. It is a commercial and industrial center, with a major beet-sugar refin...Browse by Subject
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