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Lanuvium
(Encyclopedia) LanuviumLanuviumlən&oomacr;ˈvēəm [key], ancient city of Latium, Italy, c.20 mi (32 km) S of Rome, in the Alban Hills near the Appian Way. It was celebrated for its temple of Juno.…Lauterbrunnen
(Encyclopedia) LauterbrunnenLauterbrunnenlouˈtərbr&oobreve;nən [key], village and commune, SE of Interlaken, S central Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. The Lauterbrunnen Valley is famous for its…Shipley
(Encyclopedia) Shipley, town (1991 pop. 28,815), West Yorkshire, N England, on the Aire River. Of its varied industries, light engineering and the manufacture of woolens and worsteds are the most…Ötztal Alps
(Encyclopedia) Ötztal AlpsÖtztal Alpsötsˈtäl [key], mountain group, in the Tyrol, W Austria, S of the Inn River and extending into northern Italy. It rises to 12,380 ft (3,773 m) in the Wildspitze,…Eötvös, József, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Eötvös, József, BaronEötvös, József, Baronyōˈzhĕf ötˈvösh [key], 1813–71, Hungarian writer and statesman. A vigorous reformer and a Christian Liberal, he was minister of public…Chirchik
(Encyclopedia) ChirchikChirchikchĭrchēkˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 156,654), suburb of Tashkent, E Uzbekistan. It is an industrial center with large fertilizer plants and machinery factories. There is a…Golden Valley
(Encyclopedia) Golden Valley. <1> City (2020 pop. 8,801), Mohave co., NW Arizona. The town was named for the development company that originally…Varnsdorf
(Encyclopedia) VarnsdorfVarnsdorfvärnsˈdôrf [key], Ger. Warnsdorf, city (1991 pop. 16,266), N Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the German border. It is a railway junction and a textile manufacturing…zadruga
(Encyclopedia) zadruga, village community of the South Slavs. The zadruga, a large family or clan organized on a patrilineal basis, lived together in one dwelling and held all land, livestock, and…Sunbury-on-Thames
(Encyclopedia) Sunbury-on-Thames, town (1991 pop. 26,240), Surrey, SE England, on the Thames. Sunbury Park with its walled garden is there. Nearby Shepperton has motion-picture studios and a village…Trending
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