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Shumen

(Encyclopedia)Shumen sho͝oˈmĕn [key], city (1993 pop. 96,099), NE Bulgaria. It is a railway junction and a market for grains and other agricultural products. Brewing, tobacco processing, canning, flour milling, ...

Crillon, Louis des Balbes de Berton de

(Encyclopedia)Crillon, Louis des Balbes de Berton de lwē dā bälb də bĕrtôNˈ də krēyôNˈ [key], c.1541–1615, French soldier. He fought under François de Guise in the retaking (1558) of Calais; served in...

Croghan, George, d. 1782, American Indian agent

(Encyclopedia)Croghan, George krōˈgən [key], d. 1782, American Indian agent, b. Ireland. He migrated to North America in 1741 and became (1756) deputy superintendent of Indian affairs under Sir William Johnson. ...

Charleville-Mézières

(Encyclopedia)Charleville-Mézières shärləvēlˈ-māzyĕrˈ [key], town, capital of Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse Rive...

Goshen, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Goshen. <1> City (2020 pop. 34,517), seat of Elkhart co., N Ind., on the Elkhart River; inc. 1868. Goshen is in a farm and dairy region; poultry ...

Opava

(Encyclopedia)Opava ôˈpävä [key], Ger. Troppau, city (1991 pop. 62,815), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Opava River and near the Polish border. A prosperous market center in a fertile agricultural region...

James I, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona

(Encyclopedia)James I (James the Conqueror), 1208–76, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1213–76), son and successor of Peter II. After a minority was disturbed by private wars among the nobles, James soon...

Dost Muhammad

(Encyclopedia)Dost Muhammad dōst mo͞ohämˈmäd [key], 1793–1863, emir of Afghanistan. He and his family struggled to get the emirate for years before he finally succeeded in establishing himself in 1826. He wa...

Egadi Islands

(Encyclopedia)Egadi Islands ēgāˈdēən [key], Lat. Aegates, archipelago (1987 est. pop. 5,000), c.15 sq mi (40 sq km), W Sicily, Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea. The chief islands are Favignana, Maretti-mo, and ...

Kalmar

(Encyclopedia)Kalmar kälˈmär [key], city (1990 pop. 30,820), capital of Kalmar co. (1995 pop. 144,060), SE Sweden, on the Kalmarsund (an arm of the Baltic Sea) opposite Öland Island. It is a commercial, industr...