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Azores

(Encyclopedia) Azores Azores əzôrzˈ, āˈzôrz [key], Port. Açores [Port.,=hawks], islands (2021 pop. 236,657), 905 sq mi (2,344 sq km), and autonomous region of Portugal, in…

Salisbury, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Salisbury. 1 City (1990 pop. 20,592), seat of Wicomico co., Md., on the Eastern Shore, at the head of the Wicomico River; settled 1732, inc. 1872. Poultry raising and processing is the…

Ochakiv

(Encyclopedia) OchakivOchakivəchäˈkəf [key], city, S Ukraine, on the Dnieper-Buh estuary and on the Black Sea. It is the center of an agricultural district and a seaport with fishing industries. In…

Elba

(Encyclopedia) ElbaElbaĕlˈbä [key], island, 86 sq mi (223 sq km), Tuscany, central Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 6 mi (9.7 km) from the Italian mainland, part of the Tuscan Archipelago. Iron ore has…

Dodoma

(Encyclopedia) Dodoma Dodoma dōˈdəmä [key], municipality (2021 pop. 292,637), capital of Tanzania, central…

Hayward

(Encyclopedia) Hayward. <1> City (2020 pop. 162,954), Alameda co., W Calif.; settled 1851, inc. 1876. It is an important commercial and…

Rockaway

(Encyclopedia) Rockaway, narrow peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, SW Long Island, SE N.Y., in Queens borough of New York City. Separating Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean and isolated from the rest…

Skokie

(Encyclopedia) SkokieSkokieskōˈkē [key], village (1990 pop. 59,432), Cook co., NE Ill., an industrial suburb adjacent to Chicago; inc. 1888. Its varied products include communications, computer, and…

Sarnia

(Encyclopedia) Sarnia, city (1991 pop. 74,376), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Clair River, at the south end of Lake Huron and opposite Port Huron, Mich. The two cities are connected by a railroad tunnel…

Liguasan Marsh

(Encyclopedia) Liguasan MarshLiguasan Marshlĭgwəsänˈ, lĭgwäˈsän [key], extensive swamp region, c.25 mi (40 km) long and 20 mi (30 km) wide, along the Pulangi River, S central Mindanao, the…