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Tenali

(Encyclopedia) TenaliTenalitānäˈlē [key], city (1991 pop. 143,726), Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Krishna River delta. It is a market for rice.

Jamestown, town, St. Helena

(Encyclopedia) Jamestown, town, port, and capital (1998 pop. 864) of Saint Helena, in the S Atlantic. Once a busy coaling station on the East India route, it lost its importance after the opening of…

Pakistan

(Encyclopedia) CE5 PakistanPakistanpăkˈĭstănˌ, päkĭstänˈ [key], officially Islamic Republic of Pakistan, republic (2015 est. pop. 189,381,000), 310,403 sq mi (803,944 sq km), S Asia. Pakistan is…

Nadiad

(Encyclopedia) NadiadNadiadnŭdˈēäd [key], city (1991 pop. 170,217), Gujurat state, W central India. It is a center of modern agricultural production and an important road and rail hub.

Damoh

(Encyclopedia) Damoh Damoh dəmōˈ [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is a district…

Amravati

(Encyclopedia) Amravati Amravati əmrävˈətē [key], city, administrative headquarters of Amravati district, Maharashtra state, central India. The city is a growing industrial…

bloodstone

(Encyclopedia) bloodstone or heliotrope, green chalcedony spotted with red, used as a gem stone. It is found in India, the United States, Brazil, and Australia.

Tamil

(Encyclopedia) TamilTamiltămˈĭl [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages.

Malayalam

(Encyclopedia) MalayalamMalayalammäˌləyäˈləm [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages.

East Indies

(Encyclopedia) East Indies, name formerly used for the Malay Archipelago, but also more restrictively for Indonesia and more widely to include SE Asia. It once referred chiefly to India.