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Lucca

(Encyclopedia) LuccaLuccal&oomacr;kˈkä [key], city (1991 pop. 87,100), capital of Lucca prov., Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center and an…

Daman and Diu

(Encyclopedia) Daman and DiuDaman and Diudəmänˈ, dēˈ&oomacr; [key], union territory (2001 provisional pop. 158,059), 50 sq mi (130 sq km), W India, on the Arabian Sea, composed of two former…

Khalkidhikí

(Encyclopedia) KhalkidhikíKhalkidhikíkhälkēᵺēkēˈ [key] or ChalcidiceChalcidicekălsĭdˈĭsē [key], peninsula (1991 pop. 92,117), NE Greece, projecting into the Aegean Sea from SE Macedonia. Its southern…

Krasnodar Territory

(Encyclopedia) Krasnodar Territory, administrative division (1995 pop. 5,004,200), 32,317 sq mi (83,701 sq km), SE European Russia, extending E from the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea into the Kuban…

Blue Ridge

(Encyclopedia) Blue Ridge, eastern range of the Appalachian Mts., extending south from S Pa. to N Ga.; highest mountains in the E United States. Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 ft (2,037 m) high, is the tallest…

Cartagena, city, Colombia

(Encyclopedia) Cartagena Cartagena kärtähāˈnä [key], city, capital of Bolívar dept., NW Colombia, a port on the…

Wheeling

(Encyclopedia) Wheeling. 1 Village (1990 pop. 29,911), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; founded c.1830, inc. 1894. Machinery, computer supplies, metal and paper products, security devices,…

Timişoara

(Encyclopedia) TimişoaraTimişoaratēmēshwäˈrä [key], Hung. Temesvár, city (1990 pop. 351,293), W Romania, in the Banat, on the Beja Canal. The chief city of the former Banat of Temesvar, it is a…

Trabzon

(Encyclopedia) TrabzonTrabzonträbˌzōnˈ [key] or TrebizondTrabzontrĕbˈĭzŏndˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 144,805), capital of Trabzon prov., NE Turkey, a port on the Black Sea. A commercial and…

Ulundi

(Encyclopedia) UlundiUlundi&oomacr;l&oomacr;nˈdē [key] [Zulu,=the high place], town, part and seat of Ulundi local municipality (2011 pop. 187,271), KwaZulu-Natal prov., SE South Africa.…