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(Encyclopedia) ThamesThamesthāmz [key], river, c.15 mi (25 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Yantic and Shetucket rivers at Norwich, E Conn., and flowing south to Long Island Sound at New…Trinidad
(Encyclopedia) TrinidadTrinidadtrēnēᵺäᵺˈ [key], town (1983 est. pop. 43,500), Sancti Spíritus prov., central Cuba. Tobacco processing is the chief industry, although other agricultural processing has…Touba
(Encyclopedia) ToubaToubat&oomacr;ˈbä [key], town (1988 pop. 23,751), Diourbel prov., W Senegal. The terminus of a branch line from main Dakar-Niger RR, it is located in peanut-growing region.…Trafalgar Square
(Encyclopedia) Trafalgar Square, in Westminster, London, England, named for Lord Nelson's victory at the battle of Trafalgar. The statue surmounting the Nelson memorial column (185 ft/56 m high) was…Caxias do Sul
(Encyclopedia) Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul kəshēˈəsh d&oobreve; s&oomacr;l [key], city, Rio Grande do Sul…Postojna
(Encyclopedia) PostojnaPostojnapôˈstoinä [key], Ger. Adelsberg, Ital. Postumia, town (1991 pop. 20,283), in Slovenia, on the Karst Plateau. A summer resort, it is famous as the site of Europe's…Port Hueneme
(Encyclopedia) Port HuenemePort Huenemewīˌnēˈmē [key], city (1990 pop. 20,319), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1870, inc. 1948. It has an artificial deep-sea harbor and is the…Piscataqua
(Encyclopedia) PiscataquaPiscataquapĭskătˈəkwə, –kwā [key], navigable river, 12 mi (19 km) long, formed by the junction of the Cocheco and the Salmon Falls rivers, SE N.H., and flowing SE to…Southwell
(Encyclopedia) SouthwellSouthwellsŭᵺˈəl, southˈəl [key], town (1991 pop. 61,200), Nottinghamshire, central England. It includes the small civil parish of Southwell, which since 1884 has been the…Northwich
(Encyclopedia) NorthwichNorthwichnôrthˈwĭch [key], town (1991 pop. 32,664), Cheshire West and Chester, W central England, at the confluence of the Weaver and Dane rivers. Northwich was once the…Trending
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