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Palakkad

(Encyclopedia) PalakkadPalakkadpälək-kädˈ [key] or formerly PalghatPalghatpälgôtˈ [key], town (2011 pop. 130,955), Kerala state, SW India. It commands the Palakkad, or Palghat, Gap, the major pass…

Mur

(Encyclopedia) MurMurm&oobreve;r [key], Hung., Slovenian, and Croatian MuraMurm&oomacr;ˈrä [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Hohe Tauern, S central Austria. It flows NE to…

As Salamiya

(Encyclopedia) As SalamiyaAs Salamiyaäs-sälämˈēyä [key], town (1988 est. pop. 47,000), W central Syria. It is a transportation center situated in a fertile plain where cereals, vegetables, and cotton…

Mann, James Robert

(Encyclopedia) Mann, James Robert, 1856–1922, American legislator, b. McLean co., Ill. A Chicago lawyer, he held many local offices before serving (1897–1922) as a Republican member of the U.S. House…

Miami, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) MiamiMiamimīămˈē, –ə [key] or Great Miami, river, c.160 mi (260 km) long, formed in W Ohio near Indian Lake and flowing generally SW past Dayton to the Ohio River at the Ind. line. The…

Faisalabad

(Encyclopedia) Faisalabad Faisalabad fīsälˈəbädˌ [key], formerly Lyallpur Faisalabad…

Fargo

(Encyclopedia) Fargo, city (2020 pop. 125,990), seat of Cass co., E N.Dak., at the head of navigation on the Red River, opposite Moorhead, Minn.; inc.…

Campinas

(Encyclopedia) Campinas Campinas kəmpēˈnəs [key], city, São Paulo state, S Brazil. It is a growing industrial…

Białystok

(Encyclopedia) Białystok Białystok byälĭsˈtôk [key], city, capital of Podlaskie prov., NE Poland. It is a leading…

Waterloo, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Waterloo, city (1990 pop. 66,467), seat of Black Hawk co., NE Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. 1868. Originally a center for sawmills and flour mills, Waterloo is a trade and industrial…