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(Encyclopedia) OshawaOshawaŏshˈəwə [key], city (1991 pop. 129,344), SE Ont., Canada, a port on Lake Ontario; since 1974 it has been part of the regional municipality of Durham (1991 pop. 409,070).…Orkhon
(Encyclopedia) OrkhonOrkhonôrˈkŏn, ôr-khŏnˈ [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Khangai Mts., N central Republic of Mongolia, and flowing east, then north, past the site of ancient…Jericho, city, West Bank
(Encyclopedia) JerichoJerichojĕrˈĭkō [key] [Heb.,=fragrant, or city of the moon god], Arab. Ariha, town (2003 est. pop. 19,000), West Bank, in the Jordan valley N of the Dead Sea; nearby is the site…Machu Picchu
(Encyclopedia) Machu PicchuMachu Picchumäˈch&oomacr; pēkˈch&oomacr; [key], Inca site in Peru, about 50 mi (80 km) NW of Cuzco. It is perched high upon a rock in a narrow saddle between two…Lipari Islands
(Encyclopedia) Lipari IslandsLipari Islandslĭpˈərē [key], formerly Aeolian IslandsAeolian Islandsēōˈlēən [key], Ital. Isole Eolie, volcanic island group (1991 pop. 10,382), 44 sq mi (114 sq km),…Dorchester, town, England
(Encyclopedia) Dorchester Dorchester dôrˈchĭstər [key], town, county seat of Dorset, S central England. Dorchester is…Churchill, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Churchill, town, NE Manitoba, Canada, a remote port on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River. The northern terminus of the…Flushing, part of Queens, New York City, United States
(Encyclopedia) Flushing, former village, now in N Queens borough of New York City, SE N.Y.; chartered 1645, inc. into Greater New York City with Queens in 1898. Although chiefly residential, Flushing…Fontana
(Encyclopedia) Fontana, city (2020 pop. 208,393), San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1952. Fabricated metal…Brookline
(Encyclopedia) Brookline Brookline br&oobreve;kˈlīn [key], town (2020 pop. 63,191), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb…Trending
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