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Sabadell
(Encyclopedia) SabadellSabadellsäbəᵺĕlˈlyə [key], city (1990 pop. 192,142), Barcelona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia. Since medieval times, it has been a leading textile center. Chemicals, engines,…Hyères
(Encyclopedia) Hyères Hyères yĕr [key], city, Var dept., SE France, in Provence, on the Mediterranean Sea…Covilhã
(Encyclopedia) Covilhã Covilhã k&oobreve;vēlyəNˈ [key], town, E central Portugal, in Beira Baixa. It had a famous…Roermond
(Encyclopedia) RoermondRoermondr&oomacr;rˈmônd [key], city (1994 pop. 43,110), Limburg prov., SE Netherlands, at the confluence of the Maas (Meuse) and Roer rivers. It has an agricultural market…Geysir
(Encyclopedia) GeysirGeysirgāˈsĭr [key], hot spring, SW Iceland, c.75 mi (120 km) W of Reykjavík. Although in medieval times it erupted three times daily, weeks now elapse between eruptions. The…Saint-Omer
(Encyclopedia) Saint-OmerSaint-OmersăNtômĕrˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 15,304), Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, in Flanders, on the Aa River. The chief manufactures are metals, textiles, paper, and beer…Saint Valentine's Day
(Encyclopedia) Saint Valentine's Day, Western European Christian holiday, originally the Roman feast of Lupercalia. It was christianized in memory of the martyrdom of St. Valentine in a.d. 270, who,…Rydberg, Abraham Viktor
(Encyclopedia) Rydberg, Abraham ViktorRydberg, Abraham Viktoräˈbrähäm vĭkˈtôr rüdˈbĕryə [key], 1828–95, Swedish philosopher and writer. Singoalla (1857), a romantic and mystical story of medieval…Dreux
(Encyclopedia) Dreux Dreux drö [key], town, Eure-et-Loir dept., N central France. It is an industrial…Livadiya
(Encyclopedia) LivadiyaLivadiyalyĭväˈdyēə [key], town, S Crimea near Yalta, on the Black Sea. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the Ukrainian SSR), it passed to Russian control in 2014 after the…Trending
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