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Cork, county, Ireland

(Encyclopedia) Cork, county, 2,881 sq mi (7,462 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. Cork is the county seat. Largest of the Irish counties, it has a rocky…

Sucre

(Encyclopedia) Sucre, city (1992 pop. 131,769), S central Bolivia, constitutional capital of Bolivia and capital of Chuquisaca dept. Since 1898, La Paz has been the administrative capital of Bolivia…

Vishakhapatnam

(Encyclopedia) VishakhapatnamVishakhapatnamvĭshäkˌəpŭtˈnəm [key] or VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnamvĭsä [key]Visakhapatnam– [key]Visakhapatnamkˌəpŭtˈnəm [key], city (1991 pop. 1,057,118), Andhra Pradesh…

Surabaya

(Encyclopedia) Surabaya,&sp;Surabaja, or SoerabajaSurabaya,s&oobreve;rəbīˈə, Du. s&oomacr;räbäˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 2,473,272), capital of East Java prov., NE Java, Indonesia, on the…

Rawalpindi

(Encyclopedia) RawalpindiRawalpindiräwəlpĭnˈdē [key], city (1998 pop. 1,406,214), NE Pakistan. It occupies the site of an old village inhabited by the Rawals, a tribe of Yogis. A railroad junction…

Luanda

(Encyclopedia) LuandaLuandal&oomacr;ănˈdə, –änˈdə [key], city (1995 est. pop. 3,000,000), capital of Angola, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It is Angola's largest city, its chief port, and its…

Tarragona

(Encyclopedia) TarragonaTarragonatär-rəgōˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 112,360), capital of Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Francolí River. A port…

A Coruña

(Encyclopedia) A Coruña A Coruña ä kōr&oomacr;ˈnyä [key], formerly La Coruña La Coruña lä kōr&oomacr;ˈnyä [key], city (2020 est. pop. 247,604…

Bataan

(Encyclopedia) Bataan Bataan bătănˈ, –tänˈ, bätä-änˈ [key], peninsula and province, W…

Dalian

(Encyclopedia) Dalian or TalienDalianboth: däˈlyĕnˈ [key], Rus. Dalny, Jap. Dairen, city (1994 est. pop. 1,855,200), S Liaoning prov., China, on the Liaodong peninsula in the Bay of Korea. It has…