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Baní

(Encyclopedia)Baní bänēˈ [key], city, Peravia prov., S Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and man...

Trutnov

(Encyclopedia)Trutnov tro͝otˈnôf [key], Ger. Trautenau, city (1991 pop. 31,999), N central Czech Republic, in Bohemia, near the Polish border. It is a center of the Czech linen industry. ...

Františkovy Láznĕ

(Encyclopedia)Františkovy Láznĕ fränˈtĭshkôvĭ läzˈnyĕ [key], Ger. Franzensbad, town, NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia. It is a famous spa with numerous mineral springs. There are extensive peat deposits in ...

Donnybrook

(Encyclopedia)Donnybrook, parish and suburb of Dublin, Co. Dublin, E central Republic of Ireland. It was famous for its annual fair, licensed by King John of England in 1204 and suppressed in 1855 because of its di...

Allen, Bog of

(Encyclopedia)Allen, Bog of, area of several peat bogs c.375 sq mi (971 sq km), with patches of cultivable land, in the central lowlands, E Republic of Ireland. The bog is crossed by the Grand and Royal canals. It ...

Allen, Lough

(Encyclopedia)Allen, Lough lŏkh, lŏk [key], lake, 8 mi (12.9 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, Co. Leitrim and Co. Roscommon, N Republic of Ireland. The upper Shannon River flows through the lake. ...

Blackwater

(Encyclopedia)Blackwater, river, c.100 mi (161 km) long, rising in Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland. It flows east through the dairy region of Co. Cork and Co. Waterford before turning abruptly south and entering ...

Niyazov, Saparmurat

(Encyclopedia)Niyazov, Saparmurat säpärˈmo͞orätˌ nēyäˈzôf [key], 1940–2006, Soviet and Turkmen political leader, president of Turkmenistan (1991–2006). An engineer and member of the Communist party, h...

Sforza, Francesco I

(Encyclopedia)Sforza, Francesco I , sfôrˈtsä [key], 1401–66, duke of Milan (1450–66); illegitimate son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza. He succeeded his father as leader of his band of mercenaries, and by his valo...

Pretorius, Martinus Wessel

(Encyclopedia)Pretorius, Martinus Wessel prātôrˈēəs [key], 1818?–1901, Boer (Afrikaner) statesman; son of Andries Pretorius. In 1857 he was elected the first president of the South African Republic (the Tra...