(Encyclopedia) OndoOndoŏnˈdō [key], city (1991 est. pop. 150,000), SW Nigeria. It is the market center for a cacao and timber producing region and has rice mills and sawmills. Ondo was formerly the…
(Encyclopedia) KurunegalaKurunegalak&oobreve;rˌ&oomacr;nāˈgələ [key], town (1995 est. pop. 29,500), W central Sri Lanka. It is a road junction and the administrative and commercial center of…
(Encyclopedia) KapuasKapuaskäˈp&oomacr;äs [key], river, c.710 mi (1,140 km) long, rising in the mountains of central Borneo and flowing SW through W Kalimantan, Indonesia, to the South China Sea…
(Encyclopedia) KindiaKindiakĭnˈdyə [key], town (1996 pop. 287,607), W Guinea. A rail and road hub, Kindia is the trade center for an area where bananas, manioc, rice, fruits, and vegetables are grown…
(Encyclopedia) Yiwu, city (2010 est. pop. 1,200,000), central Zhejiang prov., E China. Although the city produces rice, oil crops, sugarcane, and manufactured goods (processed foods, textiles, and…
(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…
(Encyclopedia) Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948–, British theatrical composer. A member of a successful musical family, he began composing musicals as a teenager; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor…
(Encyclopedia) KyushuKyushuky&oomacr;ˈsh&oomacr; [key], island (1990 pop. 13,064,955), c.13,760 sq mi (35,640 sq km), S Japan. It is the third largest, southernmost, and most densely…