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Manchester, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Manchester. 1 Town (1990 pop. 51,618), Hartford co., central Conn.; settled c.1672, inc. 1823. Its sawmills and paper mills date from before the Revolutionary War. The city was also…

Fort Worth

(Encyclopedia) Fort Worth, city (2020 pop. 918,915), seat of Tarrant co., N Tex., on the Trinity River 30 mi (48 km) W of Dallas; settled 1843, inc.…

Cayenne

(Encyclopedia) Cayenne Cayenne kīĕnˈ, kāĕnˈ [key], city and district (2021 est. pop. 61,550), capital of French Guiana…

Kurokawa, Kisho Noriaki

(Encyclopedia) Kurokawa, Kisho NoriakiKurokawa, Kisho Noriakinôrēäˈkē kēˈshō k&oomacr;rōˈkäwä [key], 1934–2007, Japanese architect, grad. Tokyo Univ. (Ph.D., 1964). The youngest founding member…

Cork, city, Ireland

(Encyclopedia) Cork, city, county town of Co. Cork, S Republic of Ireland, on the Lee River near its mouth on Cork Harbour. The oldest part of the town…

Bujumbura

(Encyclopedia) Bujumbura Bujumbura b&oomacr;ˌjəmˈb&oobreve;rˈə [key], city, commercial capital of Burundi and…

Portland, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Portland. 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set…

Recife

(Encyclopedia) RecifeReciferəsēˈfĭ [key] [Port.,=reef], city (1991 pop. 1,298,229), capital of Pernambuco state, NE Brazil, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It is also called Pernambuco by foreigners.…

Kuwait, Al-

(Encyclopedia) Kuwait, Al-Kuwait, Al-älˌ [key]Kuwait, Al-k&oobreve;wātˈ [key]Kuwait, Al-– [key] or Kuwait City, city (1991 pop. 150,1000), capital of Kuwait, on the SE coast of Kuwait Bay, an…

Nouakchott

(Encyclopedia) NouakchottNouakchottnwäkshôtˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 500,000), capital of Mauritania and Nouakchott dist., W Mauritania, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Located between the Atlantic…