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(Encyclopedia) PerpignanPerpignanpĕrpēnyäNˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 108,049), capital of Pyrénées-Orientales dept., S France, near the Spanish border and the Mediterranean. It is a farm trade center,…Pereslavl-Zalesski
(Encyclopedia) Pereslavl-ZalesskiPereslavl-Zalesskipĕrēəsläˈvəl-zəlyĕsˈkē [key], city, central European Russia. It is the birthplace of Alexander Nevsky, and it relies on tourism. The city was…Nullarbor Plain
(Encyclopedia) Nullarbor Plain [Lat.,=no trees], vast, barren limestone plateau, c.100,000 sq mi (260,000 sq km), S Australia, extending from the Great Victoria Desert (N) to the Great Australian…Fernando de Noronha
(Encyclopedia) Fernando de NoronhaFernando de Noronhafərnänˈd&oobreve; dĭ n&oobreve;rôˈnyə [key], group of 21 islands, c.10 sq mi (26 sq km), in the Atlantic Ocean, c.225 mi (360 km) off the…Cozumel
(Encyclopedia) CozumelCozumelkōzəˈmel [key], resort island, c.190 sq mi (490 sq km), Quintana Roo state, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea off the E coast of the Yucatán peninsula. It is famed for its…Galway, city, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia) Galway, city, seat of Co. Galway, W Republic of Ireland, on Galway Bay near the mouth of the Corrib River. Industries include tourism,…Thiruvananthapuram
(Encyclopedia) ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuramtĭrˌ&oomacr;vənŭnˌtəp&oobreve;rˈəm [key], formerly TrivandrumThiruvananthapuramtrĭvănˈdrəm [key], city (1991 pop. 826,255), capital and…Bornholm
(Encyclopedia) Bornholm Bornholm bôrnˈhôlm [key], county, 227 sq mi (588 sq km), extreme E Denmark, in the Baltic…Carson City
(Encyclopedia) Carson City, city (2020 pop. 58,639), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and…Suzdal
(Encyclopedia) SuzdalSuzdals&oomacr;zˈdəl [key], city, central European Russia, NE Moscow. Its major industry is tourism. Founded c.1024 as a fortress town, it developed from the 11th to 12th…Trending
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