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(Encyclopedia) sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of…Saarlouis
(Encyclopedia) SaarlouisSaarlouiszärˌl&oomacr;ˈē [key], Fr. Sarrelouis, city (1994 pop. 38,347), Saarland, SW Germany, on the Saar River near the French border. It is a commercial and industrial…Stary Krym
(Encyclopedia) Stary KrymStary Krymstäˌrē krĭm [key] [Rus. and Ukr.,=Old Crimea], city, E Crimea. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the Ukrainian SSR), it passed to Russian control in 2014 after the…Septuagint
(Encyclopedia) SeptuagintSeptuagintsĕpˈty&oomacr;əjĭnt [key] [Lat.,=70], oldest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made by Hellenistic Jews, possibly from Alexandria, c.250 b.c. Legend…Queen Charlotte Islands
(Encyclopedia) Queen Charlotte Islands, archipelago of several large and many small islands, off the coast of W British Columbia, Canada. The main islands are Graham and Moresby. Masset on Graham…Santos
(Encyclopedia) SantosSantossänˈt&oomacr;s [key], city (1996 pop. 412,288), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the island of São Vicente in the Atlantic just off the mainland. It is 40 mi (64 km) SE…Seine
(Encyclopedia) SeineSeinesān, Fr. sĕn [key], Lat. Sequana, river, c.480 mi (770 km) long, rising in the Langres Plateau and flowing generally NW through N France. It passes Troyes, Melun, and Paris,…Székesfehérvár
(Encyclopedia) SzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvársāˈkĕshfĕˌhârvär [key], Ger. Stuhlweissenburg, city (1991 est. pop. 109,100), W central Hungary. It is a county administrative center, a road and rail…Khmelnytskyy
(Encyclopedia) KhmelnytskyyKhmelnytskyykhmĕlnētˈskē [key], Rus. Khmelmitsky, formerly ProskurovProskurovprəsk&oobreve;rˈəf [key], city (1989 pop. 237,000), capital of Khmelnytskyy region, Ukraine…Khorramshahr
(Encyclopedia) KhorramshahrKhorramshahrkhōrämˌshäˈhər [key], city (1991 pop. 34,750), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, at the confluence of the Karun River and the Shatt al Arab, near the Persian Gulf. It…Trending
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