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Peshawar
(Encyclopedia) PeshawarPeshawarpəshäˈwär, pəshôˈər [key], city (1998 pop. 988,005), capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), NW Pakistan. A road and rail center near the…Kokubunji
(Encyclopedia) KokubunjiKokubunjikōk&oomacr;ˈb&oomacr;njē [key], city (1990 pop. 100,982), Tokyo Metropolis, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo and is noted for its Kokubunji (…Onomichi
(Encyclopedia) OnomichiOnomichiōnōˈmēchē [key], city (1990 pop. 97,103), Hiroshima prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea. It is a shipping center and the site of several Buddhist temples,…Emei
(Encyclopedia) Emeiŭˈmāˈ or OmeiEmeiōˈmāˈ, ŭˈ– [key], peak, c.10,000 ft (3,050 m) high, SW Sichuan prov., central China. With many Buddhist images and temples and monasteries, it is one of China's…Harsha, Indian emperor
(Encyclopedia) HarshaHarshahûrˈshə [key], b. c.590, Indian emperor (606–47). He became (606) king of a small state in the upper Ganges Valley, and by 612 he had built up a vast army with which he…Koya
(Encyclopedia) KoyaKoyakōˈyä [key], peak, 2,858 ft (871 m) high, S Honshu, Japan. On its summit is a Buddhist monastery, founded in 816. The monastery has 120 temples and is visited by more than a…Kisarazu
(Encyclopedia) KisarazuKisarazukēsäräˈz&oomacr; [key], city (1990 pop. 123,433), Chiba prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay. It is a residential and industrial suburb of Tokyo noted…Matsushima
(Encyclopedia) MatsushimaMatsushimamäts&oomacr;ˈshĭmä [key], town (1990 pop. 17,431), Miyagi prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on Ishinomaki Bay. It is a tourist center for the hundreds of scenic pine…Pyeongchang
(Encyclopedia) Pyeongchang, city (2011 est. pop. 43,000), NE South Korea, in the Taebaek Mtns. on the Pyeongchang river. Pyeongchang is the seat of Pyeongchang co., a mountainous farming region that…Rohtak
(Encyclopedia) RohtakRohtakrōˈtək [key], city (1991 pop. 216,096), Haryana state, N central India. Rohtak is a district administrative center and a market for grain and cotton. Sculpture from the…Trending
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