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Tlaxcala , city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Tlaxcala, city (1990 pop. 50,486), capital of Tlaxcala state, E central Mexico. It is the site of the oldest Christian church in the Americas, founded (1521) by the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés. N...

Victoria, city, Seychelles

(Encyclopedia)Victoria or Port Victoria, city (2010 pop. 26,450), capital of the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean. A port on the NE coast of Mahé Island, Victoria is an administrative, commercial, tourist, and ship...

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...

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 ...

kremlin

(Encyclopedia)kremlin krĕmˈlĭn [key], Rus. kreml, citadel or walled center of several Russian cities; the most famous is in Moscow. During the Middle Ages, the kremlin served as an administrative and religious c...

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...