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Imphal

(Encyclopedia) Imphal Imphal ĭmˈpəl [key], city, capital of Manipur state, NE India, in the Manipur River…

Dili

(Encyclopedia) DiliDilidēˈlē [key], city (2002 est. pop. 49,900), capital of East Timor. on the N coast of Timor, on Ombai Strait. Dili is the largest city and chief port and commercial center of…

Liaoyang

(Encyclopedia) LiaoyangLiaoyanglyouˈyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 541,300), E Liaoning prov., China, on a tributary of the Hun River. It is an industrial city in the great Shenyang urban complex…

block book

(Encyclopedia) block book. Before and after the invention of printing from movable types in the mid-15th cent., some books were printed in Europe from engraved wooden blocks, with one block for each…

Waley, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Waley, Arthur, 1889–1966, English orientalist, b. London as Arthur David Schloss, educated at Cambridge. He was and still is considered one of the world's great Asian scholars. His…

Cavite

(Encyclopedia) Cavite Cavite kävēˈtā [key], city, Cavite prov., SW Luzon, the Philippines. The city, situated…

Pathein

(Encyclopedia) PatheinPatheinpətēnˈ, –tānˈ [key] or BasseinBasseinbəsēnˈ, –sānˈ [key], town (1983 pop. 144,092), capital of Ayeyarwady region, S Myanmar, on the Pathein River. Lying at the western…

Palikir

(Encyclopedia) PalikirPalikirpäˌlēkĭrˈ [key], town (2000 est. pop. 8,600), capital of the Federated States of Micronesia. Located in a heavily wooded region in the NW part of the island of Pohnpei,…

Chongqing

(Encyclopedia) Chongqing Chongqing ch&oobreve;ngˈchēngˈ [key] or Chungking Chongqing…