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Trogir

(Encyclopedia)Trogir trōˈgēr [key], Ger. Trau, town (2011 pop. 13,192), S Croatia, partly on the Adriatic island of Čiovo and partly on the mainland, separated by a channel. A small port, it is also a seaside r...

Hispaniola

(Encyclopedia)Hispaniola ĕspänyōˈlä [key], second largest island of the West Indies, 29,530 sq mi (76,483 sq km), between Cuba and Puerto Rico. Haiti occupies the western third of the island and the Dominican ...

Cóbh

(Encyclopedia)Cóbh kōv [key] [Irish,=cove], town, Co. Cork, S Republic of Ireland, on the south shore of ...

Sana

(Encyclopedia)Sana, San'a, or Sanaa sŏnäˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 954,448), capital and largest city of Yemen. The city lies inland on a high plain (alt. 7,250 ft/2,210 m) and is connected to the Red Sea port of...

Butaritari

(Encyclopedia)Butaritari māˈkĭn, mŭgˈĭn [key], triangular atoll (4.5 sq mi/11.7 sq km), central Pacific, in the ...

March, river, Czech Republic and Austria

(Encyclopedia)March: see Morava, river.

Nouakchott

(Encyclopedia)Nouakchott nwäkshôtˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 500,000), capital of Mauritania and Nouakchott dist., W Mauritania, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Located between the Atlantic and the Sahara in a b...

Ciudad Bolívar

(Encyclopedia)Ciudad Bolívar syo͞oᵺäᵺˈ bōlēˈvär [key], city, capital of Bolívar state,...

Ancona

(Encyclopedia)Ancona ängkôˈnä [key], city, capital of Ancona prov., chief city of Marche region, central Italy, on a promontory in the Adriatic Sea. It is a leading Adriatic naval a...

Ndjamena

(Encyclopedia)Ndjamena fôr-lämēˈ [key], city (1993 urban pop. 213,342), capital of Chad and of Chari-Baguirmi prefecture, SW Chad. It is a port on the Chari River and a transportation hub that lies on roads lea...