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Mackinaw City

(Encyclopedia) Mackinaw CityMackinaw Citymăkˈənôˌ [key], resort village (1990 pop. 875), Cheboygan and Emmet counties, N Mich., on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac; settled 1681, inc. 1882…

Mascara

(Encyclopedia) MascaraMascaramăsˈkərə, mäsˈkärä [key], town (1998 pop. 80,797), NW Algeria. The town is also known as Mouaskar. It is an administrative center, a garrison town, and a marketplace,…

Glorioso Islands

(Encyclopedia) Glorioso IslandsGlorioso Islandsglōrˌēōˈsō, –zō [key], Fr. Îles Glorieuses, island group, c.2 sq mi (5 sq km), in the Mozambique Channel, W Indian Ocean, 125 mi (200 km) WNW of N…

Kanpur

(Encyclopedia) KanpurKanpurkänˈp&oobreve;r [key], city (1991 pop. 2,029,889), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ganges River. A major industrial center, it produces chemicals, textiles…

Cesis

(Encyclopedia) Cesis Cesis tsāˈsēs, –zēz [key], Ger. Wenden, town, central Latvia, on the Gauja…

Newburyport

(Encyclopedia) Newburyport, city (1990 pop. 16,317), a seat of Essex co., NE Mass., at the mouth of the Merrimack River; settled 1635, set off from Newbury and inc. 1764. Its silverware industry…

Morgan, John Hunt

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, John Hunt, 1825–64, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Huntsville, Ala. He spent most of his early life in Kentucky. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Morgan…

Sacsahuamán

(Encyclopedia) SacsahuamánSacsahuamánsäksäwämänˈ [key], stronghold of the Incas outside Cuzco, Peru. Built in the 15th cent., Sacsahuamán is an imposing terraced fortress more than one third of a…

Bam

(Encyclopedia) Bam Bam bäm [key], town, Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located…

Farrukhabad

(Encyclopedia) Farrukhabad Farrukhabad fər&oobreve;khˈäbädˌ [key], joint municipality with Fategarh, Uttar Pradesh…