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Kirkintilloch

(Encyclopedia) KirkintillochKirkintillochkûrkĭntĭlˈŏkh [key], town (1991 pop. 33,024), East Dunbartonshire, W Scotland, on the Forth and Clyde Canal. An engineering center, the town has factories…

Chongjin

(Encyclopedia) Chongjin or Chungjin Chongjin both: chŭngˈjĕnˈ [key], Jap. Seishin, city,…

Chukchi Sea

(Encyclopedia) Chukchi SeaChukchi Seachəkˈchē [key], part of the Arctic Ocean N of the Bering Strait, between Siberia and Alaska, Wrangell Island lies to the west and the Beaufort Sea lies to the…

Chungju

(Encyclopedia) Chungju Chungju ch&oomacr;ngˈj&oomacr;ˈ [key], city, North Chungcheong prov., central South…

Kaneohe

(Encyclopedia) KaneoheKaneohekäˈnāōhā [key], uninc. city (1990 pop. 35,448), Honolulu co., Hawaii, on the east coast of Oahu, on Kaneohe Bay. Once the site of a pineapple plantation and cannery, it…

Rutland, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Rutland, city (1990 pop. 18,230), seat of Rutland co., W Vt., at the junction of Otter and East creeks; settled c.1770, inc. as a city 1892. It is a trade and tourist center with many…

Sangay

(Encyclopedia) Sangay, active volcano, 17,343 ft (5,286 m) high, S central Ecuador. A symmetrical, glacier-capped, cone-shaped stratovolcano at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, it is the most…

English Bazar

(Encyclopedia) English Bazar English Bazar băzärˈ [key], town, West Bengal state, E central India, on the Mahananda…

Falster

(Encyclopedia) Falster Falster fälˈstər [key], island, 198 sq mi (513 sq km), Storstrøm co., SE Denmark, in…

Aldan, river, Russia

(Encyclopedia) Aldan, river, c.1,400 mi (2,250 km) long, rising in the Stanovoy Range, Sakha Republic, SE Siberian Russia. It flows north and east, past Tommot and around the Aldan Plateau, before…