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Madrid, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia)Madrid mədrĭdˈ, Span. mäᵺhrēᵺˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 3,120,732), capital of Spain and of the autonomous community and prov. of Madrid, central Spain, on the Manzanares River. The newest of ...

Derby, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Derby därˈbē, dûrˈ– [key], city and unitary authority, central England, on the Derwent River. ...

Bath, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Bath, city (2021 pop. 88,859), Bath and North East Somerset, SW England, in the Avon River valley. Britain's leading winter resort, Bath has the only na...

Wheat Ridge

(Encyclopedia)Wheat Ridge, city (1990 pop. 29,419), Jefferson co., N central Colo., a suburb of Denver; inc. 1969. Chiefly residential, Wheat Ridge is the site of an annual carnation festival. ...

Moss, city, Norway

(Encyclopedia)Moss môs [key], city (1995 pop. 25,253), capital of Østfold co., SE Norway, a port on the Oslofjord. It is a commercial, industrial, and tourist center, with shipyards, sawmills, textile factories, ...

Villarrica city, Paraguay

(Encyclopedia)Villarrica vēˌyärēˈkä [key], city (1992 pop. 27,818), capital of Guairá dept., SE Paraguay. It is a commercial center and shipping point in a region that produces cattle, tobacco, maté, cotton...

Chandler, city, Arizona

(Encyclopedia)Chandler, city (2020 pop. 275,987), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center ...

Halifax, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Halifax, city and regional municipality, provincial capital, S central N.S., Canada, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest city in the Maritime Provi...

Saint Marys City

(Encyclopedia)Saint Marys City, village (1990 pop. 3,200), St. Marys co., S Md., on the St. Marys River; est. 1634 as Maryland's first town. English colonists purchased a Native American village, renamed it St. Mar...

Balkash, city, Kazakhstan

(Encyclopedia)Balkash bäl-käshˈ [key], city, in Kazakhstan, on the north shore of Lake Balkash. A railroad terminus and port, ...

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