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Victoria, city, Seychelles

(Encyclopedia) Victoria or Port Victoria, city (2010 pop. 26,450), capital of the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean. A port on the NE coast of Mahé Island, Victoria is an administrative, commercial,…

Mocha

(Encyclopedia) MochaMochamōˈkə [key], town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port…

Petropavlovsk, city, Russia

(Encyclopedia) PetropavlovskPetropavlovskpyĕtrəpävˈləfsk [key] or Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiPetropavlovskpyĕtrəpävˈləfsk, [key]Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskikəmchätˈskē [key], city (1989 pop. 269,000),…

Puerto Barrios

(Encyclopedia) Puerto BarriosPuerto Barriospwārˈtō bärˈyōs [key], city (1994 est. pop. 29,095) and port, E Guatemala, capital of Izabal dept., on the Bay of Amatique, an arm of the Caribbean Sea. It…

Odessa, city, Ukraine

(Encyclopedia) OdessaOdessaōdĕsˈə [key]Odessa, Rus. ədyĕˈsə [key], Ukr. Odesa, city (1989 pop. 1,115,000), capital of Odessa region, in Ukraine, a port on Odessa Bay of the Black Sea. The third…

Murmansk

(Encyclopedia) MurmanskMurmanskm&oobreve;rmänskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 468,000), capital of Murmansk region, NW European Russia, on the Kola Gulf of the Barents Sea. It is the terminus of the…

Arnauld

(Encyclopedia) ArnauldArnauldärnōˈ [key], French family involved in Jansenism (see under Jansen, Cornelis). The name is also spelled Arnaut or Arnault. The leader was a nun, Marie Angélique de Sainte…

Barry

(Encyclopedia) Barry, Welsh Barri, town and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more…

Fleetwood

(Encyclopedia) Fleetwood, town, Lancashire, NW England, on Morecambe Bay at the mouth of the Wyre estuary. Fleetwood, a port, trades and has a ferry…

Ulsan

(Encyclopedia) UlsanUlsan&oomacr;lˈsänˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 333,178), SE South Korea, an independent metropolitan city and a port on the Korea Strait. Once a fishing port and agricultural…