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(Encyclopedia) Frascati Frascati fräskäˈtē [key], town, in Latium, central Italy. Beautifully situated in the Alban…Amaravati
(Encyclopedia) AmaravatiAmaravatiŭˌmərävŭˈtē [key], ancient ruined city, Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, near the mouth of the Krishna River. The former capital of the Buddhist Satavahana, or Andhra…Fort Dodge
(Encyclopedia) Fort Dodge, city (2020 pop. 24,871), seat of Webster co., central Iowa, on the Des Moines River; settled c.1846; inc. 1869. Fort Clarke…Abraham, Plains of
(Encyclopedia) Abraham, Plains of, fairly level field adjoining the upper part of the city of Quebec, Canada. There, in 1759, the English under Gen. James Wolfe defeated the French under Gen. Louis…Bolsena
(Encyclopedia) Bolsena Bolsena bōlsĕˈnä [key], town, Latium, central Italy, on picturesque Lake Bolsena, near the…Woods Hole
(Encyclopedia) Woods Hole, uninc. village (1990 pop. 1,080) and seaport in the town of Falmouth, Barnstable co., SE Mass., at the southwestern extremity of Cape Cod. It is the departure point for…Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(Encyclopedia) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, at Woods Hole, Mass.; est. 1930. In addition to oceanographic research, it conducts important work in meteorology, biology, geology, and…Bureya
(Encyclopedia) BureyaBureyab&oobreve;rāˈä [key], mountain range, Khabarovsk Territory, SE Russian Far East, extending into NE China as the Xiao Hinggan (Lesser Khingan) range. The site of the…Burgas
(Encyclopedia) Burgas Burgas b&oobreve;rgäsˈ [key], city, SE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It rivals Varna as the…Buchenwald
(Encyclopedia) BuchenwaldBuchenwaldb&oomacr;ˈkhənvältˌ [key], village, Thuringia, S central Germany, in the Buchenwald forest, near Weimar. It was the site of a large concentration camp…Trending
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