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(Encyclopedia) Faridpur Faridpur fərēdˈpoŏr [key], town, S Bangladesh. It is a district administrative center, a…Ahuachapán
(Encyclopedia) Ahuachapán Ahuachapán äwä chä pänˈ [key], city, W El Salvador, near the Guatemalan border. It is the westernmost city in the country and is the center of an…Utah, University of
(Encyclopedia) Utah, University of, at Salt Lake City; coeducational; state supported; opened 1850, chartered 1851 as Univ. of Deseret, closed 1851–67. It was empowered to give degrees in 1884 and…Kherson
(Encyclopedia) KhersonKhersonkhĕrsônˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 355,000), capital of Kherson region, S Ukraine, on the Dnieper River near its mouth on the Black Sea. It is a rail junction and a sea and…Nervi, Pier Luigi
(Encyclopedia) Nervi, Pier LuigiNervi, Pier Luigipyĕr lw&oomacr;ēˈjē nĕrˈvē [key], 1891–1979, Italian architectural engineer. Nervi is considered one of the foremost European architectural…Rhode Island, University of
(Encyclopedia) Rhode Island, University of, at Kingston; coeducational; land-grant and state-supported; chartered 1888, opened as a school 1890, as an agricultural and mechanical college 1892. From…Quonset Point
(Encyclopedia) Quonset PointQuonset Pointkwŏnˈsĭt [key], peninsula extending into Narragansett Bay, S R.I., in the town of North Kingstown. In World War II the peninsula became the site of a naval…Leduc
(Encyclopedia) LeducLeducləd&oomacr;kˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 13,970), central Alta., Canada, S of Edmonton. It is the center of the Leduc oil field (discovered 1947), which is now mostly…Gosport
(Encyclopedia) Gosport Gosport gŏsˈpôrt [key], city and district, Hampshire, S England. The city is a major port…Opa-Locka
(Encyclopedia) Opa-LockaOpa-Lockaōˈpə-lŏkˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 15,283), Dade co., SE Fla.; inc. 1926. There is some diverse light industry. Opa-Locka has a large county airport, which also houses…Trending
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