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Victoria, city, Hong Kong

(Encyclopedia) Victoria, city (2001 est. pop. 1,035,000), capital of China's special administrative region of Hong Kong. The city, commonly known as Hong Kong, is on the NW shore of Hong Kong island…

Thapsus

(Encyclopedia) ThapsusThapsusthăpˈsəs [key], ancient N African seaport, c.100 mi (161 km) SE of Carthage in what is now Tunisia. The last stronghold of Pompey's party, the town was besieged in 46 b.c…

Sekondi-Takoradi

(Encyclopedia) Sekondi-TakoradiSekondi-Takoradisĕkˈəndē-täkôräˈdē [key], city (1984 pop. 93,822), capital of the Western Region, SW Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea. An important seaport and commercial…

Saint-Nazaire

(Encyclopedia) Saint-NazaireSaint-NazairesăN-näzĕrˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 66,087), Loire-Atlantique dept., W France, at the mouth of the Loire River on the Bay of Biscay. Saint-Nazaire is an…

Quelimane

(Encyclopedia) QuelimaneQuelimanekĕlĭmäˈnē [key], town (1989 est. pop. 78,500), capital of Zambézia province, E central Mozambique, a seaport on the Rio dos Bons Sinais near its mouth in the Indian…

Gijón

(Encyclopedia) Gijón Gijón hēhōnˈ [key], city, Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay…

Helsingborg

(Encyclopedia) Helsingborg or Hälsingborg Helsingborg both: hĕlsĭngbôrˈyə [key], city,…

Havre, Le

(Encyclopedia) Havre, Le Havre, Le lə äˈvrə [key], city, Seine-Maritime dept., N France, in Normandy, at the mouth of…

Moçambique

(Encyclopedia) MoçambiqueMoçambiquem&oobreve;səmbēˈkə [key] or MozambiqueMozambiquemōˌzəmbēkˈ [key], city (1997 pop. 42,407), NE Mozambique, a seaport on a small coral island in the Mozambique…

Alexandroúpolis

(Encyclopedia) Alexandroúpolis Alexandroúpolis älĕksändr&oomacr;ˈpôlēs [key], city, capital of Evros prefecture, NE Greece, W Thrace, a seaport on the Gulf of Ainos, an…