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Okayama

(Encyclopedia) OkayamaOkayamaōkäˈyämä [key], city (1990 pop. 593,730), capital of Okayama prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on an inlet of the Inland Sea. It is a railroad hub and industrial and…

Grangemouth

(Encyclopedia) GrangemouthGrangemouthgrānjˈməth, –mouth [key], town (1981 pop. 21,744), Falkirk, central Scotland, on the Forth River at the eastern terminus of the Forth and Clyde canal. Grangemouth…

Superior

(Encyclopedia) Superior, city (1990 pop. 27,134), seat of Douglas co., NW Wis., on Superior Bay of Lake Superior, at the mouths of the St. Louis and the Nemadji rivers; inc. 1883. It is a port of…

Kaduna

(Encyclopedia) KadunaKadunakäˌd&oomacr;näˈ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 302,000), N Nigeria. A commercial and industrial center of N Nigeria, Kaduna has cotton-textile, beverage, and furniture…

Guwahati

(Encyclopedia) Guwahati Guwahati g&oomacr;ˈwəhäˌtē [key] or Gauhati Guwahati…

Abadan

(Encyclopedia) Abadan Abadan ăbədănˈ, äbädänˈ [key], city, Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on Abadan Island, in the delta of the Shatt al Arab, at the head of the Persian Gulf.…

Thunder Bay

(Encyclopedia) Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and…

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

(Encyclopedia) Santa Cruz de la SierraSanta Cruz de la Sierrasänˈtä kr&oomacr;s [key]Santa Cruz de la Sierraᵺā lä sēĕrˈä [key], city (1992 pop. 697,278), capital of Santa Cruz dept., central…

Banjarmasin

(Encyclopedia) Banjarmasin or Bandjarmasin Bandjarmasin both: bänˌjərmäˈsĭn [key], city,…

Novi Sad

(Encyclopedia) Novi SadNovi Sadnôˈvē säd [key], Ger. Neusatz, Hung. Újvidék, city (1991 pop. 179,626), N Serbia, on the Danube River. The chief city and administrative center of Vojvodina prov. and…