Search

Search results

Displaying 91 - 100

Port Lavaca

(Encyclopedia) Port LavacaPort Lavacaləvăkˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 10,886), seat of Calhoun co., S Tex., on Lavaca Bay; inc. 1907. A deepwater port of entry, it is a shipping point for an…

Santarém

(Encyclopedia) SantarémSantarémsəntərĕmˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 23,690), capital of Santarém dist. and Ribatejo, W central Portugal, above the right bank of the Tagus River. Food processing, tourism…

Pembroke, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia) PembrokePembrokepĕmˈbr&oobreve;k [key], Welsh Penfro, town (1991 pop. 7,049), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, on an inlet of the Milford Haven estuary. The town is an agricultural market…

Barrow, Errol

(Encyclopedia) Barrow, Errol, 1920–87, prime minister of Barbados (1966–76, 1986–87). After serving as a British Royal Air Force pilot and navigator (1940–47), he obtained (1949) a law degree in…

Aust-Agder

(Encyclopedia) Aust-Agder Aust-Agder oustˌ-ägˈdər [key], county, 3,610 sq mi (9,350 sq km), S Norway, bordering on the Skagerrak in the east. Arendal is the capital. The…

Banbury

(Encyclopedia) Banbury Banbury bănˈbərē [key], town, Oxfordshire, central England, on the Cherwell River. Light…

Coos Bay

(Encyclopedia) Coos Bay Coos Bay k&oomacr;s [key], city (2020 pop. 15,985), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on…

Frederiksted

(Encyclopedia) Frederiksted Frederiksted frĕˈdrĭkstĕd [key], town, historically the chief port and commercial center…

Hyannis

(Encyclopedia) Hyannis Hyannis hīănˈĭs [key], resort village (2020 pop. 44,107), Barnstable co., SE Mass., on…

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(Encyclopedia) Dadra and Nagar HaveliDadra and Nagar Havelidäˈdrä, näˈgär hävāˈlē [key], union territory (2001 provisional pop. 220,451), 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W central India, on the Arabian Sea.…