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Banská Bystrica

(Encyclopedia) Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica bänˈskä bĭsˈtrĭtsäˌ [key], city,…

Spa

(Encyclopedia) Spa, commune (1991 pop. 10,140), Liège prov., E Belgium, in the Ardennes. Its therapeutic mineral springs and baths, frequented since the 16th cent., made it an internationally…

Serowe

(Encyclopedia) SeroweSerowesĕrōˈwā [key], town (1989 est. pop. 90,000), E central Botswana. Located in a fertile, well-watered area, it is a trade and commerce center. There is a memorial to Khama…

Punt

(Encyclopedia) PuntPuntp&oobreve;nt [key], ancient land S of Egypt accessible by way of the Red Sea. Its exact location has not been identified, but it probably included the Somali coast. Temple…

Quant, Mary

(Encyclopedia) Quant, Mary, 1934–, British fashion designer. After opening her boutique in London to sell clothes, she began to design them as well. She was one of the originators of the “mod” or “…

Rankine, William John Macquorn

(Encyclopedia) Rankine, William John MacquornRankine, William John Macquornrăngˈkĭn [key], 1820–72, Scottish engineer and physicist. Serving as a professor of engineering at the Univ. of Glasgow from…

ratio

(Encyclopedia) ratio. The ratio of two quantities expressed in terms of the same unit is the fraction that has the first quantity as numerator and the second as denominator. For example, if in a…

Bainbridge

(Encyclopedia) Bainbridge, city (2020 pop. 14,468), seat of Decatur co., SW Ga., on the Flint River; inc. 1829. It grew up around a fort, used by…

Prilep

(Encyclopedia) PrilepPrilepprēˈlĕp [key], city (1994 pop. 71,899), North Macedonia. It is the trade center of an agricultural region and a manufacturing city where tobacco, textiles, wine, and fruit…

Praia

(Encyclopedia) PraiaPraiaprīˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 61,644), capital of Cape Verde, on the south shore of Santiago island, c.415 mi (668 km) W of Dakar, Senegal. It is Cape Verde's largest city, as…