Search

Search results

Displaying 481 - 490

San Gimignano

(Encyclopedia) San GimignanoSan Gimignanosän jēmēnyäˈnō [key], town (1991 pop. 6,956), Tuscany, central Italy. It is a tourist center that has fully preserved its medieval aspect. The city walls, the…

Fort Sam Houston

(Encyclopedia) Fort Sam Houston, U.S. army facility, S Tex., in San Antonio; headquarters of the U.S. Army North and the U.S. Army South. In 2010 it was amalgamated with Lackland and Randolph air…

Oakland

(Encyclopedia) Oakland, city (1990 pop. 372,242), seat of Alameda co., W Calif., on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1852. Together with San Francisco and San Jose, the city comprises the…

Mfumbiro

(Encyclopedia) Mfumbiro, mountains, Africa: see Virunga.

Linguetta

(Encyclopedia) Linguetta: see Ceraunian Mountains, Albania.

Appalachia

(Encyclopedia) Appalachia, region: see Appalachian Mountains.

Alai

(Encyclopedia) Alai: see Alay, mountains, Kyrgyzstan.

Rockies, the

(Encyclopedia) Rockies, the: see Rocky Mountains.

Ólimbos

(Encyclopedia) Ólimbos: see Olympus, mountains, Greece.