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U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major science and disaster news events of August 2016…Armenia, city, Colombia
(Encyclopedia) Armenia Armenia ärmāˈnyä [key], city, W central Colombia. It is located in a fertile agricultural region; coffee, silk, and sugarcane are produced. Armenia…Jacmel
(Encyclopedia) JacmelJacmelzhäkˈmĕl [key], city (1989 est. pop. 217,000), S Haiti. About 25 mi (40 km) S of Port-au-Prince, Jacmel is an important port on the Caribbean Sea. The city was heavily…Kesennuma
(Encyclopedia) KesennumaKesennumakāsān-n&oomacr;ˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 65,578), Miyagi prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan, on Kesennuma Bay. A fishing port, its industries include textiles and…Ishinomaki
(Encyclopedia) Ishinomaki Ishinomaki ēshēˈnōmäkē [key], city, Miyagi prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on Ishinomaki Bay.…Isidorus of Miletus
(Encyclopedia) Isidorus of MiletusIsidorus of Miletusĭzĭdôrˈəs, mīlēˈtəs [key], name of two architects of the time of Justinian. The elder was associated with Anthemius of Tralles in rebuilding Hagia…Muzaffarabad
(Encyclopedia) MuzaffarabadMuzaffarabadm&oobreve;zŭfˈfəräbädˌ [key], town, NW Kashmir, at the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelam rivers. It is the chief city and capital of Azad Kashmir, which…Adapazari
(Encyclopedia) Adapazari Adapazari ädäˌpäzärˈə [key], city, capital of Adapazari prov., NW Turkey, on the Sakarya River. It is the trade center for an agricultural region…Miyako
(Encyclopedia) MiyakoMiyakomēyäˈkō [key], city (1990 pop. 58,505), Iwate prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan, on the Hei River and Miyako Bay. It is an important fishing port with large timber and chemical…Bosporus, University of the
(Encyclopedia) Bosporus, University of the, at İstanbul, Turkey; opened 1863 as Robert College, with funds contributed by Christopher R. Robert and other Americans for the higher education of Turkish…Trending
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