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Charlottetown

(Encyclopedia)Charlottetown, city, capital and chief port of Prince Edward Island, E Canada, on the southern coast. Food processing, tourism, fishing, and farming are...

Rosario

(Encyclopedia)Rosario rôsärˈyō [key], city (1991 pop. 1,095,906), Santa Fe prov., E central Argentina, a port on the Paraná River, on the eastern margin of the Pampa. The third largest city of Argentina, it is...

Padang

(Encyclopedia)Padang pädängˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 631,263), capital of Sumatra Barat prov., on W Sumatra, Indonesia, on the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the small Padang River. An important port, it has a larg...

Sittwe

(Encyclopedia)Sittwe ăk yăbˈ [key], city (1983 pop. 107,607), capital of Rakhine State, W Myanmar, at the mouth of the Kaladan River and on the Bay of Bengal. It is an important port and rice-milling center. Ori...

birthmark

(Encyclopedia)birthmark, pigmented maldevelopment of the skin that varies in size, either present at birth or developing later. Birthmarks may appear as moles (melanocytic nevi) that vary in color from light brown ...

Azerbaijan, country, Asia

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Azerbaijan äˌzərbījänˈ, ăˌzər– [key], Azeri Azərbaycan, officially Republic of Azerbaijan, republic (2020 est. pop. 10,110,000), 33,428 sq mi (8...

South Sudan

(Encyclopedia)South Sudan so͞odănˈ [key], officially Republic of South Sudan, republic (2015 est. pop. 11,882,000), 248,777 sq mi (644,329 sq km), E Africa. South Sudan is bordered by Sudan (N), Ethiopia (E), Ke...

Croagh Patrick

(Encyclopedia)Croagh Patrick krōˈäpătˈrĭk, krōˈäkh– [key], mountain, 2,510 ft (765 m) high, Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, near Westport Bay. Legend connects it with St. Patrick, and its summit has lon...

Přerov

(Encyclopedia)Přerov pərzhĕˈrôf [key], Ger. Prerau, city (1991 pop. 51,300), E Czech Republic, in Moravia. A railway center, Přerov manufactures precision instruments, textiles, and foodstuffs. The 16th-centu...

Olekma

(Encyclopedia)Olekma əlyĕkˈmə [key], river, c.820 mi (1,320 km) long, rising in the Yablonovy range, SE Siberian Russia. It flows N through Amursk region and the Sakha Republic to the Lena River below Olekminsk...