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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…

Shirbarghan

(Encyclopedia) ShirbarghanShirbarghanshērbärˈgän [key], city (1981 est. pop. 19,500), capital of Jozjan (Jowzjan) prov., N Afghanistan. It is a market for agricultural produce and Karakul lamb skins…

Southern University

(Encyclopedia) Southern University, main campus at Baton Rouge, La.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; est. 1880; predominantly African American. It comprises Southern Univ. and…

Trouville-sur-Mer

(Encyclopedia) Trouville-sur-MerTrouville-sur-Mertr&oomacr;vēlˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,645), Calvados dept., N France, on the English Channel. It is a popular beach resort and has an…

Belcy

(Encyclopedia) BelcyBelcybĕltˈsē [key], Rus. Beltsy, city (1996 est. pop. 159,420), in Moldova. A river and railroad junction, its manufactures include foodstuffs, agricultural machinery, and…

Szentgotthárd

(Encyclopedia) SzentgotthárdSzentgotthárdsĕntˈgôtˈhärd [key], town (1991 est. pop. 8,680), W Hungary, on the Rába River near the Austrian border. In 1664, Montecucculi defeated the Turks at…

Masaya

(Encyclopedia) MasayaMasayamäsäˈyä [key], city (1995 est. pop. 80,051), W Nicaragua, capital of Masaya dept. Connected by rail and highway to Granada and Managua, Masaya is a commercial and light…

Nagykőrös

(Encyclopedia) NagykőrösNagykőrösnŏˈdyəköˈrösh [key], town (1991 est. pop. 26,947), central Hungary. It is the center of a grain and fruit-growing region and has an old Reformed church, a college,…

Clark University

(Encyclopedia) Clark University, at Worcester, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1887, opened as a graduate school 1889. It was the second graduate school to be formed in the United States. Its…

Ängelholm

(Encyclopedia) ÄngelholmÄngelholmĕngˌəlhôlmˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 19,190), Kristianstad co., SW Sweden, on Skälderviken Bay (an arm of the Kattegat); chartered 1516. It is a beach resort and…