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Algarve

(Encyclopedia) AlgarveAlgarveəlgärˈvə [key], historic province, 1,958 sq mi (5,070 sq km), extreme S Portugal, coextensive with Faro dist. The capital is Faro, and other important cities are Silves,…

New Smyrna Beach

(Encyclopedia) New Smyrna BeachNew Smyrna Beachsmûrˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 16,543), Volusia co., NE Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon; part of the Intracoastal Waterway) and on Ponce de Leon Inlet…

Zákinthos

(Encyclopedia) ZákinthosZákinthoszäˈkĭnthôs [key] or ZanteZákinthoszănˈtē [key], Lat. Zacynthus, island (1991 pop. 32,556), c.157 sq mi (407 sq km), W Greece, in the Ionian Sea; one of the Ionian…

Bon, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Bon, CapeBon, Capebŏn [key], Ras at TibRas at Tibräs ät tĭb [key], or Ras AddarBon, Capeädärˈ [key], peninsula, NE Tunisia, projecting c.50 mi (80 km) into the Mediterranean Sea toward…

Sanford

(Encyclopedia) Sanford. 1 City (1990 pop. 32,387), seat of Seminole co., central Fla., on Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River; inc. 1877. It is an agricultural center where citrus fruit and…

Rarotonga

(Encyclopedia) RarotongaRarotongarärōtôngˈgä, rărətŏngˈgə [key], formerly Goodenough's Island, volcanic island (2006 pop. 15,153), 26 sq mi (67 sq km), South Pacific, capital of the Cook Islands. The…

Netanya

(Encyclopedia) NetanyaNetanyanətänˈyə [key], city (1994 pop. 144,900), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea; also spelled Nathania. It is a beach resort and the trade center for agricultural…

Lue Gim Gong Biography

Lue Gim GonghorticulturistBorn: 1860Birthplace: Canton, China Lue Gim Gong emigrated from China to San Francisco as a boy of 12. When he was 16 he moved to Massachusetts, where he took a job…

Fort Myers

(Encyclopedia) Fort Myers, city (2020 pop. 86,395), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc.…

kumquat

(Encyclopedia) kumquatkumquatkŭmˈkwŏt [key], ornamental shrub of the genus Fortunella of the family Rutaceae (rue family), closely related to the orange and other citrus fruits. It has evergreen…