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Cap-Haïtien
(Encyclopedia)Cap-Haïtien käp-äēsyăNˈ [key], city, N Haiti, on the Atlantic Ocean. Haiti's second largest city, ...Zhengzhou
(Encyclopedia)Zhengzhou or Chengchow both: jŭng-jō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,323,700), capital of Henan prov., E central China. An important railroad center, the city is at the junction of the Longhai (east-w...Bluefields
(Encyclopedia)Bluefields, town, capital of the South Atlantic Coast Autonomous Region and Zelaya dept., SE Nicaragua, on Bluefields Bay at the mouth of the Escondido ...Bissau
(Encyclopedia)Bissau bĭsouˈ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 197,610), capital of Guinea-Bissau, a port in the Geba estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean. It is the country's largest city, major port, and administrative and...Vannes
(Encyclopedia)Vannes vän [key], town (1990 pop. 48,454), capital of Morbihan dept., NW France, in Brittany, on the Gulf of Morbihan. It is an important agricultural and tourist center that produces processed food,...Valencia, city, Venezuela
(Encyclopedia)Valencia välĕnˈsyä [key], city (1990 pop. 903,621), capital of Carabobo state, N Venezuela. It is Venezuela's fourth largest city and one of its major industrial centers. Products include motor ve...Abu Dhabi
(Encyclopedia)Abu Dhabi äˈbo͞o ᵺäˈbē, zä–, dä– [key], Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom, c.26,000 sq mi (67,300 sq km), part of the federation of seven United Arab Emirate...Addis Ababa
(Encyclopedia)Addis Ababa ădˈĭs ăbˈəbə [key] [Amharic,=new flower], city (2021 metro. area pop. 5,005,524), capital of Ethiopia. It is situated at c.8,000 ft (2,440 m) on a well-...Taipei
(Encyclopedia)Taipei tībāˈ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 2,655,515), N Taiwan, capital of Taiwan and provisional capital of the Republic of China. It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial cent...Antigua Guatemala
(Encyclopedia)Antigua Guatemala ăntēˈgwə gwätəmäˈlə, Span. äntēˈgwä gwätāmäˈlä [key] [Span.,=Old Guatemala] or Antigua, town, S central Guatemala. It is the ca...Browse by Subject
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