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Kleve

(Encyclopedia) KleveKleveklēv [key], Cleve or Eng. Cleves, city (1994 pop. 44,780), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, near the Dutch border. Tourism is important in the city, and its manufactures…

Idaho Falls

(Encyclopedia) Idaho Falls, city (2020 pop. 64,818), seat of Bonneville co., SE Idaho, traversed by the Snake River; inc. 1900. The chief city of the…

Ídhra

(Encyclopedia) ÍdhraÍdhraēˈᵺrä [key] or HydraÍdhrahīˈdrə [key], island, 21 sq mi (54 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, off the Argolís peninsula of the Peloponnesus. It is mostly barren and rocky…

Islay

(Encyclopedia) IslayIslayīˈlə, –lā [key], island (1985 est. pop. 3,900), 240 sq mi (622 sq km), Argyll and Bute, W central Scotland, southernmost of the Inner Hebrides. Bowmore is the ancient capital…

Ithaca, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Ithaca Ithaca ĭthˈəkə [key], city (2020 pop. 32,108), seat of Tompkins co., S central N.Y., at…

Moorea

(Encyclopedia) MooreaMooreamôrāˈä [key], volcanic island (2002 pop. 14,226), c.50 sq mi (130 sq km), South Pacific, second largest of the Windward group of the Society Islands, French Polynesia. The…

Medina, Danilo Sánchez

(Encyclopedia) Medina, Danilo SánchezMedina, Danilo Sánchezdänēˈlō mĕdēˈnä sänˈchās [key], 1951–, Dominican political leader. A member of the Dominican Liberation party, he was first elected to the…

Manitoulin Islands

(Encyclopedia) Manitoulin IslandsManitoulin Islandsmănət&oomacr;ˈlĭn [key], archipelago consisting of three large islands and several smaller ones, in N Lake Huron, NW of Georgian Bay. The…

Acapulco

(Encyclopedia) Acapulco Acapulco äkˌəp&oobreve;lˈkō [key], city (2020 pop. 779,566), Guerrero state, S Mexico, on the Pacific coast. A fashionable international seaside…

Masire, Sir Ketumile

(Encyclopedia) Masire, Sir Ketumile (Quett Ketumile Joni Masire), 1925–2017, Botswanan political leader, president of Botswana (1980–98). He was a teacher and a farmer before taking up journalism and…