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Ouchy
(Encyclopedia) OuchyOuchy&oomacr;shēˈ [key], village, Vaud canton, W Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. It is the port and shorefront of Lausanne. Ouchy is a resort and was at times the…Nusaybin
(Encyclopedia) NusaybinNusaybinn&oomacr;sībĭnˈ [key] or NisibinNisibinnēˈsĭbēn [key], town (1990 pop. 50,605), SE Turkey, near the Syrian border. It is a commercial and transportation center. It…Farnesina
(Encyclopedia) FarnesinaFarnesinafärnāzēˈnä [key], villa in Rome, Italy, built (1508–11) by Peruzzi for the banker Agostino Chigi at the foot of the Janiculum on the right bank of the Tiber. One of…Guimarães
(Encyclopedia) GuimarãesGuimarãesgēməräNshˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 48,200), Braga dist., NW Portugal, in Minho. It has textile and cutlery manufactures, but its main importance is historical.…Celle
(Encyclopedia) Celle Celle tsĕlˈə [key], city, Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Aller River. Its manufactures…Montargis
(Encyclopedia) MontargisMontargismôNtärzhēˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 16,570), Loiret dept., N central France, in Orléanais, near the Montargis Forest. Its manufactures include machinery, electrical…Ifni
(Encyclopedia) IfniIfniēfˈnē [key], former Spanish possession (580 sq mi/1,502 sq km), SW Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. The main industry is fishing. Ifni was ceded by Morocco to Spain in 1860, but…Landskrona
(Encyclopedia) LandskronaLandskronalänskr&oomacr;ˈnä [key], city (1990 pop. 26,600), Malmöhus co., SW Sweden, a seaport on the Øresund. It is a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures…Kroměříž
(Encyclopedia) KroměřížKroměřížkrôˈmyĕrzhēsh [key], Ger. Kremsier, city (1991 pop. 28,967), E Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Morava River. An agricultural center, it manufactures generators and…Livadiya
(Encyclopedia) LivadiyaLivadiyalyĭväˈdyēə [key], town, S Crimea near Yalta, on the Black Sea. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the Ukrainian SSR), it passed to Russian control in 2014 after the…Trending
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