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Alaşehir
(Encyclopedia) Alaşehir Alaşehir äläˈshĕhērˌ [key], town, W Turkey, at the foot of the Tmolus Mts. (Boz Dağ). It is the trade center for a region where tobacco, fruit, and…Feira de Santana
(Encyclopedia) Feira de Santana Feira de Santana fāˈrə dĭ səntäˈnə [key], city, Bahia…Bouaké
(Encyclopedia) Bouaké or Bwake Bwake bwäˈkā, bwäkāˈ [key], town, central Côte d'Ivoire. It…Bitlis
(Encyclopedia) Bitlis Bitlis bĭtlĭsˈ [key], city, capital of Bitlis prov., E Turkey, on a tributary of the…Trinidad
(Encyclopedia) TrinidadTrinidadtrēnēᵺäᵺˈ [key], town (1983 est. pop. 43,500), Sancti Spíritus prov., central Cuba. Tobacco processing is the chief industry, although other agricultural processing has…Jaffna
(Encyclopedia) JaffnaJaffnajăfˈnə [key], peninsula, northernmost part of Sri Lanka, separated from India by Palk Strait. The peninsula is densely inhabited, largely by Tamil-speaking people. Jaffna…Pontianak
(Encyclopedia) PontianakPontianakpôntēäˈnäk [key], city (1990 pop. 398,357), capital of West Kalimantan prov., W Borneo, Indonesia, at the mouth of a small stream in the Kapuas delta near the west…Kakinada
(Encyclopedia) KakinadaKakinadakəkĭnäˈdə [key], formerly CocanadaCocanadakōkənäˈdə [key], town (1991 pop. 327,541), Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Godavari River delta. A coastal trading port…Ingle, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Ingle, Richard, fl. 1642–53, English seaman and tobacco trader. Little is known of him. While the English civil war was in progress, he appeared (1645) with several ships off Maryland…Palmira
(Encyclopedia) PalmiraPalmirapälmēˈrä [key], city (1993 pop. 196,213), W Colombia, an agricultural center and second largest city in Valle de Cauca department. Palmira is known as the “agricultural…Trending
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