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(Encyclopedia) Exmouth Exmouth ĕkˈsməth, –smouth [key], town, Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Exe River. It is…Tottori
(Encyclopedia) TottoriTottoritōt-tōˈrē [key], city (1990 pop. 142,467), capital of Tottori prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, a port on the Sea of Japan. The city produces wood and paper items, machinery,…Rienzi, Cola di
(Encyclopedia) Rienzi or Rienzo, Cola diRienzi or Rienzo, Cola dikôˈlä dē rēĕnˈtsē, rēĕnˈtsō [key], 1313?–1354, Roman popular leader. In 1343 on a mission to Pope Clement VI at Avignon, he won the…Kalaburagi
(Encyclopedia) Kalaburagi, formerly GulbargaGulbargagŭlˈbərgä [key], city (1991 pop. 310,920), Karnataka state, S central India. It is along the route from Mumbai to Chennai. The city is a cotton-…Falun
(Encyclopedia) Falun Falun fäˈlŭnˌ [key], city, capital of Kopparberg co., S central Sweden; chartered 1624…Piotrków Trybunalski
(Encyclopedia) Piotrków TrybunalskiPiotrków Trybunalskipyôˈtərk&oomacr;f trĭb&oomacr;nälˈskē [key], Rus. Petrokov, Ger. Petrikau, city (1991 est. pop. 81,300), Łódzkie prov., central Poland.…Öland
(Encyclopedia) ÖlandÖlandöˈländ [key], narrow island (1995 pop. 25,690), 520 sq mi (1,347 sq km), Kalmar co., SE Sweden, in the Baltic Sea, separated from mainland Sweden by the Kalmarsund. Borgholm…John VI, Byzantine emperor
(Encyclopedia) John VI (John Cantacuzene)John VIkănˌtəky&oomacr;zēnˈ [key], c.1292–1383, Byzantine emperor (1347–54). He was chief minister under Andronicus III, after whose death he proclaimed…algorithm
(Encyclopedia) algorithmalgorithmălˈgərĭᵺˌəm [key] or algorismalgorism–rĭzˌəm [key] [for Al-Khowarizmi], a clearly defined procedure for obtaining the solution to a general type of problem, often…Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
(Encyclopedia) Aniakchak National Monument and PreserveAniakchak National Monument and Preserveănēăkˈchăk [key], on the Alaska Peninsula, SW Alaska. Located in the Aleutian Range, the monument (137,…Trending
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