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(Encyclopedia) SendaiSendaisĕndīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 928,138), capital of Miyagi prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on Inshinomaki Bay. A major industrial city and the commercial center of N Honshu, it…Port of Spain
(Encyclopedia) Port of Spain, city (1990 pop. 50,878), capital of Trinidad and Tobago, on the Gulf of Paria. It is the industrial and commercial center of the country. From 1958 to 1962, Port of…Puno
(Encyclopedia) PunoPunop&oomacr;ˈnō [key], city (1993 pop. 97,796), alt. 12,648 ft (3,855 m), capital of Puno dept., SE Peru, on an embayment of Lake Titicaca. It is a commercial, tourist, and…Ravensburg
(Encyclopedia) RavensburgRavensburgräˈvənsb&oobreve;rkh [key], city (1994 pop. 47,099), Baden-Württemberg, S Germany. Its manufactures include machinery, paper, textiles, and wood products.…Pomona, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) PomonaPomonapəmōˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 131,723), Los Angeles co., S Calif. at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1888. It is a residential, industrial, and commercial suburb of…San José, city, Uruguay
(Encyclopedia) San JoséSan Josésän hōsāˈ [key] or San José de MayoSan Joséᵺā, mäˈyō [key], city (1996 pop. 33,351), capital of San José dept., S Uruguay, on the San José River. It is a commercial…prune
(Encyclopedia) prune, popular name for a dried plum. Fruits of the many varieties of Prunus domestica, which are firm-fleshed and dry easily without removal of the stone, are gathered after falling…Temuco
(Encyclopedia) TemucoTemucotām&oomacr;ˈkō [key], city (1990 est. pop. 211,700), capital of Araucania region, S central Chile, on the Cautín River. It is a commercial city dealing in cattle,…Sydney, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Sydney, city (1991 pop. 26,063), Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada, on the northeast coast at the head of the South Arm of Sydney Harbour. It is the port and the commercial, trade, and…Kostroma
(Encyclopedia) KostromaKostromakəstrəmäˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 278,000), capital of Kostroma region, E European Russia, on the Volga at the mouth of the Kostroma River. It is a major linen-milling…Trending
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