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Joint Base Andrews

(Encyclopedia) Joint Base Andrews, officially Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, formerly Andrews Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 4,279 acres (1,732 hectares), central Md…

Ballari

(Encyclopedia) Ballari, formerly Bellary Bellary bəlärˈē [key], city, Karnataka state, SE…

Southend-on-Sea

(Encyclopedia) Southend-on-Sea, borough and unitary authority (1991 pop. 155,720), E England, at the mouth of the Thames River. The city is a popular seaside resort; its extensive amusement pier…

Agartala

(Encyclopedia) Agartala Agartala əgŭrˈtələ [key], city, capital of Tripura state, NE India, near the Bangladesh border. A market town for rice, tea, jute, and oilseed, it…

Millbrae

(Encyclopedia) MillbraeMillbraemĭlbrāˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 20,412), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1948. It is primarily residential, but there is light manufacturing,…

La Romana

(Encyclopedia) La RomanaLa Romanalä rōmänˈä [key], city (1993 pop. 132,834), SE Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea. It is the capital and major port of La Romana province. The site of several…

Victoria, city, Seychelles

(Encyclopedia) Victoria or Port Victoria, city (2010 pop. 26,450), capital of the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean. A port on the NE coast of Mahé Island, Victoria is an administrative, commercial,…

South San Francisco

(Encyclopedia) South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and…

Girardot

(Encyclopedia) Girardot Girardot hērärᵺōtˈ [key], city, central Colombia, on the Bogotá and Magdalena rivers…

Kenner

(Encyclopedia) Kenner, city (1990 pop. 72,033), Jefferson parish, SE La., a suburb of New Orleans; inc. 1952. Kenner has grown since the 1970s into an area of moderate- to upper-income housing…