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Komsomolsk

(Encyclopedia) KomsomolskKomsomolskkəmsəmôlskˈ [key] or Komsomolsk-on-AmurKomsomolsk-on-Amur–äm&oobreve;rˈ [key], Rus. Komsomolsk-na-Amure, city (1989 pop. 315,000), Khabarovsk Territory, S…

Kitchener

(Encyclopedia) Kitchener, city (1991 pop. 168,282), Regional Municipality of Waterloo, S Ont., Canada, in the Grand River valley. Settled largely by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in 1806, it was known…

Kalemie

(Encyclopedia) KalemieKalemiekälāˈmē [key], formerly AlbertvilleAlbertvilleälbĕrvēlˈ [key], city (1984 pop. 73,528), Tanganyika prov., SE Congo (Kinshasa), on Lake Tanganyika at the mouth of the…

Leitrim

(Encyclopedia) LeitrimLeitrimlēˈtrĭm [key], county (1991 pop. 25,301), 589 sq mi (1,526 sq km), N Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Carrick-on-Shannon. Leitrim is divided into two parts by…

Muskogee

(Encyclopedia) MuskogeeMuskogeemŭskōˈgē [key], city (1990 pop. 37,708), seat of Muskogee co., E Okla., near the junction of the Arkansas, Verdigris, and Grand rivers; inc. 1898. It is an important…

Bregenz

(Encyclopedia) Bregenz Bregenz brāˈgĕnts [key], city, capital of Vorarlberg province, extreme W Austria, on Lake…

Boulogne-Billancourt

(Encyclopedia) Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt b&oomacr;lôˈnyə-bēyäNk&oomacr;rˈ [key], city, Hauts-…

Villefranche-sur-Saône

(Encyclopedia) Villefranche-sur-SaôneVillefranche-sur-SaônevēlfräNshˈ-sür-sōn [key], town (1990 pop. 29,889), Rhône dept., E central France, on the Morgon River. Its industries include weaving,…

Tombigbee

(Encyclopedia) TombigbeeTombigbeetŏmbĭgˈbē [key], river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, rising in NE Miss. and flowing SE into W Alabama, then generally S to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River…

Wonsan

(Encyclopedia) WonsanWonsanwŭnˈsän [key], Jap. Gensan, city (1993 pop. 300,148), capital of Kangwon prov., SE North Korea, on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a major port and naval base, with a…