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Uris, Leon
(Encyclopedia)Uris, Leon yo͝orĭsˈ [key], 1924–2003, American novelist, b. Baltimore. Uris, who wrote many popular novels, is best known for the runaway best seller Exodus (1958), a fictional account of the ear...Kisumu
(Encyclopedia)Kisumu kēso͞oˈmo͞o [key], city (1989 est. pop. 185,100), capital of Nyanza prov., SW Kenya, on Kavirondo Gulf (an arm of Lake Victoria). It is the principal lake port of Kenya, its third largest c...Mutare
(Encyclopedia)Mutare o͝omtäˈlē [key], city (1992 est. pop. 131,400), E Zimbabwe, near the Mozambique border. Mutare is the commercial center for a rich agricultural and gold-mining region. Its industries includ...Fianarantsoa
(Encyclopedia)Fianarantsoa fyänäräntso͞oˈə, –tsōˈə [key], town, S central Madagascar, in...Parakou
(Encyclopedia)Parakou pârˌəko͞oˈ [key], town (1992 pop. 103,577), central Benin. It is the trade center for a cotton, grain, and livestock-raising area. Located at the head of the railroad from Cotonou, it is ...Ashtabula
(Encyclopedia)Ashtabula ăshˌtəbyo͞oˈlə [key], city (2020 pop. 17,863), Ashtabula co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River; settled c.1801 by New Englanders, ...Depew, Chauncey Mitchell
(Encyclopedia)Depew, Chauncey Mitchell dĭpyo͞oˈ [key], 1834–1928, American orator, politician, and railroad president, b. Peekskill, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1856, he was a Republican member (1862–63) of ...Gusau
(Encyclopedia)Gusau go͞ozouˈ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 139,000), NW Nigeria, on the Sokoto River. It is a regional trade center for peanuts, cotton, and tobacco. Industry has expanded with the development of te...Anzhero-Sudzhensk
(Encyclopedia)Anzhero-Sudzhensk ənzhĕˌrə–so͞oˈjĕnsk [key], city (1989 pop. 108,000), SW Siberian Russia, on the Trans-Siberian RR. One of the oldest and largest coal-mining centers of the Kuznetsk Basin, t...Ekibastuz
(Encyclopedia)Ekibastuz ĕkēbästo͝osˈ [key], city, N Kazakhstan. It is the industrial center of a bituminous ...Browse by Subject
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