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Leitha

(Encyclopedia)Leitha līˈtä [key], Hung. Lajta, river, 112 mi (180 km) long, formed in E Austria by the confluence of the Schwarza and Pitten rivers. It flows generally east to an arm of the Danube River near Mos...

Bukavu

(Encyclopedia)Bukavu bo͞okäˈvo͞o [key], city, capital of Sud-Kivu province, E Congo (Kinshasa), a port on ...

Sindh

(Encyclopedia)Sindh, province, Pakistan: see Sind. ...

Wagram

(Encyclopedia)Wagram doich– [key], town, Lower Austria prov., NE Austria, in the Marchfeld, near Vienna. On July 5–6, 1809, Napoleon I gained one of his most brilliant victories there. Despite their heroic cond...

Charlesbourg

(Encyclopedia)Charlesbourg shärlˈbo͝org [key], city, S Que., Canada. It is a northern suburb of Quebec city. One ...

North Brabant

(Encyclopedia)North Brabant brəbăntˈ [key], Du. Noordbrabant, province (1994 pop. 2,259,800), c.1,920 sq mi (4,970 sq km), S Netherlands, bordering on Belgium in the south and on Germany in the east. The capital...

Lower Canada

(Encyclopedia)Lower Canada: see Quebec, province, Canada. ...

Che-chiang

(Encyclopedia)Che-chiang: see Zhejiang, province, China. ...

Pars

(Encyclopedia)Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...

Irian Jaya

(Encyclopedia)Irian Jaya, province, Indonesia: see Papua. ...