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Masaya

(Encyclopedia) MasayaMasayamäsäˈyä [key], city (1995 est. pop. 80,051), W Nicaragua, capital of Masaya dept. Connected by rail and highway to Granada and Managua, Masaya is a commercial and light…

Limassol

(Encyclopedia) LimassolLimassollēmäsôlˈ [key], city (1992 pop. 87,091), S Cyprus, on Akrotiri Bay. It is a district administrative center, a port, and a resort. Wine and agricultural goods are…

Lunenburg

(Encyclopedia) LunenburgLunenburgl&oomacr;ˈnənbərg [key], town (1991 pop. 2,781), SW N.S., Canada, on Lunenburg Bay, SW of Halifax. It has a large fishing fleet and a fisheries museum. The…

Chelmsford, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Chelmsford, city, county seat of Essex, SE England. It is a market center (especially for cattle) for the surrounding agricultural…

Akola

(Encyclopedia) Akola Akola əkōˈlə [key], city, Maharashtra state, W central India, on the Morna River. It is a district administrative center, a market town, and an…

Hazaribagh

(Encyclopedia) Hazaribagh or Hazaribag Hazaribagh həzäˈrĭbägˌ [key], town, Jharkhand state…

Ballari

(Encyclopedia) Ballari, formerly Bellary Bellary bəlärˈē [key], city, Karnataka state, SE…

Baraba Steppe

(Encyclopedia) Baraba SteppeBaraba Steppebərəbäˈ [key], agricultural district, SW Siberian Russia, between the Ob and the Irtysh rivers. Barabinsk, on the Trans-Siberian RR, is the region's chief…

Cornouaille

(Encyclopedia) CornouailleCornouaillekôrnwīˈ [key], district of Brittany, NW France, comprising parts of Finistère, Côtes-d'Armor, and Morbihan depts. The name was probably brought by Britons who…

Timmins

(Encyclopedia) Timmins, town (1991 pop. 47,461), central Ont., Canada, on the Mattagami River. Timmins is the commercial center of the rich Porcupine gold-mining district, where gold was first…