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Åland Islands

(Encyclopedia) Åland Islands Åland Islands äˈlənd, ôˈ– [key] or Ahvenanmaa Islands Ahvenanmaa Islands äˈvĕnänmäˌ [key], Swed. Ålandsöerna Åland…

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

(Encyclopedia) Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Pierre and MiquelonsăN pyĕr, mēkəlôNˈ [key], French territorial collectivity (2015 est. pop. 6,000), 93 sq mi (241 sq km), consisting of nine small…

Salt Lake City

(Encyclopedia) Salt Lake City, city (1990 pop. 159,936), alt. c.4,330 ft (1,320 m), state capital and seat of Salt Lake co., N central Utah, on the Jordan River and near the Great Salt Lake, at the…

Scilly Islands

(Encyclopedia) Scilly IslandsScilly Islandssĭlˈē [key], officially Isles of Scilly, archipelago and unitary authority (2001 pop. 2,153), encompassing more than 150 isles and rocky islets, off…

Oxford, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Oxford, city (1991 pop. 113,847) and district, county seat of Oxfordshire, S central England. In addition to its importance as the site of the Univ. of Oxford, the city has significant…

Society Islands

(Encyclopedia) Society Islands, island group (2002 pop. 214,445), South Pacific, a part of French Polynesia. The group comprises the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands (total land area c.650 sq…

Tunis

(Encyclopedia) TunisTunist&oomacr;nĭs [key], city (1994 pop. 674,100), capital of Tunisia, NE Tunisia, on the Lake of Tunis. Access to the Gulf of Tunis (an arm of the Mediterranean) is by a…

Virginia Beach

(Encyclopedia) Virginia Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 393,069), independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1906. In 1963, Princess Anne co. and the former small town of…

Curaçao

(Encyclopedia) CuraçaoCuraçaoky&oobreve;ˈrəsō, k&oomacr;räsouˈ [key], island (2015 est. pop. 158,000), 178 sq mi (461 sq km), an autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located…

Guerrero

(Encyclopedia) Guerrero, state, 24,887 sq mi (64,457 sq km), S Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. The capital is Chilpancingo. Dominated by the Sierra Madre…