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(Encyclopedia) FichtelgebirgeFichtelgebirgefĭkhˈtəlgəbĭrˌgə [key], mountain knot, in SE Germany, between Bayreuth and the Czech border; rises to 3,447 ft (1,051 m) in Schneeberg peak. The rugged…Kumamoto
(Encyclopedia) KumamotoKumamotok&oomacr;mäˈmōtō [key], city (1990 pop. 579,306), capital of Kumamoto prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It was an important castle town in the 17th cent.; one of its…Makah
(Encyclopedia) MakahMakahmäkôˈ [key], Native North Americans who in the early 19th cent. inhabited Cape Flattery, NW Wash. According to Lewis and Clark they then numbered some 2,000. The Makah are…Oita
(Encyclopedia) OitaOitaōˈētä [key], city (1990 pop. 408,501), capital of Oita prefecture, NE Kyushu, Japan, a port on Beppu Bay. It is a rail hub, a manufacturing center, and a distribution point for…Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
(Encyclopedia) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, agency within the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, created (1995) as a result of the reorganization act passed (1994) by…Prince William Sound
(Encyclopedia) Prince William Sound, large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula. It has many bays and good harbors; the large Columbia Glacier flows…Dinaric Alps
(Encyclopedia) Dinaric AlpsDinaric Alpsdīnârˈĭk [key], Ital. Alpi Dinariche, Serbo-Croatian Dinara Planina, mountain system, extending c.400 mi (640 km) along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea from…Ciudad Guayana
(Encyclopedia) Ciudad Guayana Ciudad Guayana sy&oomacr;ᵺäᵺˈ [key] Ciudad Guayana…Bogor
(Encyclopedia) Bogor Bogor bōˈgôr [key], formerly Buitenzorg Buitenzorg…Toronto, University of
(Encyclopedia) Toronto, University of, at Toronto, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; provincially supported; coeducational; founded 1827 as King's College. It achieved university status in 1849 and is…Trending
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