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Miseno, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Miseno, CapeMiseno, Capemēzĕˈnō [key], S Italy, at the northwest end of the Bay of Naples. Augustus founded (1st cent. b.c.) a naval station (Misenum) there, which was destroyed by the…Cheboksary
(Encyclopedia) CheboksaryCheboksarychĕbəksäˈrē [key], city (1989 pop. 420,000), capital of Chuvash Republic, NW European Russia, a port on the Volga River. Both a heavy industrial and an agricultural…Chusovaya
(Encyclopedia) ChusovayaChusovayach&oomacr;səvīˈə [key], river, c.460 mi (740 km) long, E European Russia. It rises in the central Urals and flows northwest through a major industrial region to…El Centro
(Encyclopedia) El Centro El Centro ĕl sĕnˈtrō [key], city (2020 pop. 44,322), seat of Imperial co., SE Calif., near…Zhiguli Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Zhiguli MountainsZhiguli Mountainszhēg&oomacr;lyēˈ [key], wooded range, E European Russia, in the Samara bend of the Volga River at Samara. They rise to c.2,220 ft (680 m) and are…West Island
(Encyclopedia) West Island, island (2016 pop. 140), capital of the Cocos Islands, an Australian territory. One of three inhabited islands in the group, its population is mainly Australians of…Rybinsk Reservoir
(Encyclopedia) Rybinsk Reservoir, artificial lake, c.2,000 sq mi (5,200 sq km), NW European Russia. It was formed in 1941 between the upper Volga River and its tributaries, the Mologa and Sheksna…Judd, Orange
(Encyclopedia) Judd, Orange, 1822–92, American agricultural editor and publisher, b. near Niagara Falls, N.Y., grad. Wesleyan Univ., 1847. At Wesleyan he built (1871) the Orange Judd Hall of Natural…Kailua
(Encyclopedia) KailuaKailuakäēl&oomacr;ˈə [key], uninc. city (1990 pop. 36,818), Honolulu co., Hawaii, on the southeastern coast of Oahu, on Kailua Bay. A Univ. of Hawaii agricultural experiment…Coral Sea Islands
(Encyclopedia) Coral Sea Islands, external territory of Australia, comprising scattered small islands and reefs spread over c.400,000 sq mi (1,035,995 sq km) of the South Pacific Ocean, E of the…Trending
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