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Sagua la Grande
(Encyclopedia)Sagua la Grande säˈgwä lä gränˈdā [key], city (1984 pop. 50,000), Villa Clara prov., central Cuba, on the Sagua la Grande River. It is a road and rail hub and the commercial and processing cent...Alcalá la Real
(Encyclopedia)Alcalá la Real lä rāälˈ [key], town, Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. It has well-known mineral springs. The town played an important part in the conquest of Grana...Andorra la Vella
(Encyclopedia)Andorra la Vella lä vĕlˈyä [key] or Andorra, Span. Andorra la Vieja, Fr. Andorre-la-Vielle, city (2006 est. pop. 24,211), capital of Andorra, on the Valira River near its confluence with the Valir...Domrémy-la-Pucelle
(Encyclopedia)Domrémy-la-Pucelle dôNrāmēˈ-lä-püsĕlˈ [key], village, Vosges dept., E France, in Lorraine, on the Meuse River. Joan of Arc was born (1412?) in the village. The house in which she was born is ...La Pérouse Strait
(Encyclopedia)La Pérouse Strait sōˈyä [key], channel, 25 mi (40 km) wide, separating N Hokkaido island, Japan, from S Sakhalin island, Russia, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk...Castillon-la-Bataille
(Encyclopedia)Castillon-la-Bataille kästēyôNˌ-lä-bätäˈyə [key], town (1993 est. pop. 3,030), Gironde dept., SW France, in Guienne, on the Dordogne River. An ancient port, it has a wine and liqueur trade an...La Farge, Oliver
(Encyclopedia)La Farge, Oliver lä färzh [key], 1901–63, American writer and anthropologist, b. New York City, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1924; M.A., 1929). He conducted three archaeological expeditions to Arizona and...Puerto la Cruz
(Encyclopedia)Puerto la Cruz, city (1990 pop. 69,556), NE Anzoátegui state, NE Venezuela, on the Caribbean Sea. Puerto la Cruz is a center for the storage, refining, and shipping of petroleum. ...Portage la Prairie
(Encyclopedia)Portage la Prairie pôrˌtĭj lə prârˈē [key], city (1991 pop. 13,186), S Man., Canada. It is the center of a mixed-farming region and has diversified industries. The city is near the site of Fort...Bruay-la-Buissière
(Encyclopedia)Bruay-la-Buissière än-ärtwäˈ [key], town, Pas-de-Calais dept., NE France. Once a coal-mining center, ...Browse by Subject
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