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Hiva Oa
(Encyclopedia) Hiva OaHiva Oahēˈvä ōˈä [key], volcanic island, 154 sq mi (399 sq km), South Pacific, second largest and the most important of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Hiva Oa is the…Santo Tomás de Castilla
(Encyclopedia) Santo Tomás de CastillaSanto Tomás de Castillasänˈtō tōmäs de kăstēyə [key], port, E Guatemala, on the Bay of Amatique, an area of the Caribbean Sea. The chief general cargo port of…Sandy Hook
(Encyclopedia) Sandy Hook, low, sandy peninsula, NE N.J., projecting 5 mi (8 km) N toward New York and separating Sandy Hook Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. At the northern end is a Coast Guard station…Port Sudan
(Encyclopedia) Port SudanPort Sudans&oomacr;dănˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 308,195), NE Sudan, on the Red Sea. The country's major seaport, it handles the bulk of Sudan's foreign trade. The city is…Ostia
(Encyclopedia) OstiaOstiaŏsˈtēə [key], ancient city of Italy, originally at the mouth of the Tiber but now inland as the Tiber delta has grown. It was founded (4th cent. b.c.) as a protection for…Nukualofa
(Encyclopedia) NukualofaNukualofan&oomacr;ˌkwälôˈfä [key], town (1986 pop. 21,300), capital and chief port of the Kingdom of Tonga, on the northern coast of Tongatapu island. The city has a deep…Fuchun
(Encyclopedia) FuchunFuchunf&oomacr;ˈch&oobreve;nˈ [key] or QiantangFuchunchēĕnˈtängˈ [key], river, 285 mi (459 km) long, Zhejiang prov., SE China. An important commercial artery, it flows NE…Grand Manan
(Encyclopedia) Grand MananGrand Mananmənănˈ [key], island c.16 mi (26 km) long and c.7 mi (11.3 km) wide, S N.B. Canada, in the Bay of Fundy. On the north and west sides are bold cliffs, rising from…Cam Ranh Bay
(Encyclopedia) Cam Ranh BayCam Ranh Baykäm rän [key], inlet of the South China Sea, 10 mi (16 km) long and 20 mi (32 km) wide, S Vietnam. It is an excellent harbor linked to the sea by a strait (1 mi…Yamamoto, Isoroku
(Encyclopedia) Yamamoto, IsorokuYamamoto, Isorokuēsōˈrōk&oomacr;ˌ [key]Yamamoto, Isoroku yämäˈmōtō [key], 1884–1943, Japanese admiral in World War II. He headed the combined fleet in 1941 and was…Trending
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