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Safi

(Encyclopedia)Safi or Saffi both: säˈfē [key], city (1994 pop. 262,276), W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a center of the Moroccan fishing and canning industries. Phosphates are exported. Safi was...

Luanda

(Encyclopedia)Luanda lo͞oănˈdə, –änˈdə [key], city (1995 est. pop. 3,000,000), capital of Angola, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It is Angola's largest city, its chief port, and its administrative center. M...

Kankan

(Encyclopedia)Kankan känkänˈ, käNkäNˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 261,341), E Guinea, a port on the Milo River, a tributary of the Niger. It is the commercial center for a farm area where rice, sesame, corn, tomat...

Rabat

(Encyclopedia)Rabat räbätˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 787,745), capital of Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Bou Regreg estuary, opposite Salé. Silting problems have diminished the city's role as a...

Banjul

(Encyclopedia)Banjul băthˈərst [key], port city, capital of The Gambia, situated on St. Mary's Island wh...

Foyle

(Encyclopedia)Foyle foil [key], river, c.10 mi (16 km) long, formed by the junction of the Mourne and Finn rivers at Strabane, which is on the border between Limavady and Derry dists., W Northern Ireland. It flows ...

Ferrol

(Encyclopedia)Ferrol fārôlˈ [key], city, A Coruña prov., NW Spain, in Galicia. The naval base on the At...

São Vicente

(Encyclopedia)São Vicente souN vēsĕnˈtĭ [key], city (1996 pop. 279,620), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, off the mainland on an island in the Atlantic. It was the first permanent Portuguese settlement (1532) in B...

Long Beach

(Encyclopedia)Long Beach. 1 City (1990 pop. 429,433), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on San Pedro Bay; est. 1882 as Willmore City, inc. 1888 as Long Beach. Having an excellent harbor, it serves as one of Los Angeles's ...

El Jadida

(Encyclopedia)El Jadida -jädēˈdə [key], city, W Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. Agricultural products are ...
 

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