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Camagüey, province, Cuba

(Encyclopedia) CamagüeyCamagüeykämägwāˈ, kämäwāˈ [key], province (1995 est. pop. 840,000), E central Cuba. Camagüey is the capital. The area is a vast prairie and is Cuba's largest province. The…

Cienfuegos

(Encyclopedia) Cienfuegos Cienfuegos syānfwāˈgōs [key], city, capital of Cienfuegos prov., central Cuba, a port on the…

Gujranwalla

(Encyclopedia) Gujranwalla Gujranwalla g&oobreve;jˌränˈvälə [key], city, NE Pakistan. A road and rail hub, with…

Bahawalpur

(Encyclopedia) Bahawalpur Bahawalpur bəhäˈwəlp&oobreve;rˌ [key], city, Punjab prov., E central Pakistan, on the…

Ballia

(Encyclopedia) Ballia Ballia bŭlˈyə [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. Situated on a rich…

Ara

(Encyclopedia) Ara or Arrah Arrah both: ŭˈrə [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a…

Holguín

(Encyclopedia) HolguínHolguínōlgēnˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 246,000), capital of Holguín prov., E Cuba. It is a prosperous commercial center and transportation hub in a fertile region of…

Mahanadi

(Encyclopedia) MahanadiMahanadiməhäˈnədē [key], river, c.550 mi (885 km) long, rising in S Chhattisgarh state, central India, and flowing north then east through a gorge in the Eastern Ghats, across…

Rego, José Lins do

(Encyclopedia) Rego, José Lins doRego, José Lins dozh&oobreve;zĕˈ lēnz dô rĕˈg&oobreve; [key], 1901–57, Brazilian novelist. His fame rests largely on his semiautobiographical “sugarcane cycle…

Lahaina

(Encyclopedia) LahainaLahainaləhīˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 9,073), Maui co., on the west coast of Maui Island, Hawaii, in a sugarcane and pineapple region. It was the scene of the first European…