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Smithsonian Institution

(Encyclopedia) Smithsonian Institution, research and education center, mainly at Washington, D.C.; founded 1846 under the terms of the will of James Smithson of London, who in 1829 bequeathed his…

San Juan, city, Puerto Rico

(Encyclopedia) San Juan, city (1990 pop. 437,745), capital, largest city, chief port, and commercial and cultural center of Puerto Rico, NE Puerto Rico. Coffee, tobacco, sugar, and fruit are exported…

Phnom Penh

(Encyclopedia) Phnom PenhPhnom Penhnŏm pĕn, pənŏmˈ [key] or Phnum PenhPhnum Penhpən&oobreve;mˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 527,000), capital of Cambodia, SW Cambodia, at the confluence of the…

Cape Town

(Encyclopedia) Cape Town or Capetown, city, legislative capital of South Africa, capital of Western Cape prov., and seat of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality; a port on the Atlantic…

Brownsville

(Encyclopedia) Brownsville, city (2020 pop. 186,738), seat of Cameron co., extreme S Tex., on the Rio Grande c.17 mi (30 km) from its mouth at the Gulf…

Newark, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Newark. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,861), Alameda co., W Calif., on the east side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1955. There is food processing and the manufacture of plastics, furniture, feeds,…

Dakar

(Encyclopedia) DakarDakardəkärˈ, dä– [key], city (1988 pop. 672,991), capital of Senegal, W Senegal, on Cape Verde Peninsula, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Situated in a market-gardening region,…

Dar es Salaam

(Encyclopedia) Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam därˈ-ĕs-sälämˈ [key] [Arab.,=haven of peace], city (2021 est. metro area…