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Staunton

(Encyclopedia)Staunton stănˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 24,461), seat of Augusta co., W central Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; settled 1732, inc. as a city 1871. It is a trade and industrial center in a fertile f...

Stephen the Great

(Encyclopedia)Stephen the Great, d.1504, prince of Moldavia (1457–1504). A great military and political leader, Stephen consolidated princely authority, furthered economic prosperity, and reorganized the army, th...

Surabaya

(Encyclopedia)Surabaya, Surabaja, or Soerabaja so͝orəbīˈə, Du. so͞oräbäˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 2,473,272), capital of East Java prov., NE Java, Indonesia, on the Mas River just above its mouth at the ...

Cagliari

(Encyclopedia)Cagliari käˈlyärē [key], city, capital of Sardinia and of Cagliari prov., S Sardinia, Italy, ...

Phoronida

(Encyclopedia)Phoronida fərŏnˈədə [key], small phylum of slender, wormlike marine tube-dwellers, typically found in temperate, shallow seas. About 10 species are known. Although the body is free in the tube, t...

Wichita Falls

(Encyclopedia)Wichita Falls wĭchˈĭtô [key], city (1990 pop. 96,259), seat of Wichita co., N Tex., on the Wichita River; inc. 1889. The city's name comes from the Wichitas and from the falls that have since been...

ziggurat

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Ziggurat ziggurat zĭgˈo͝orăt [key], form of temple common to the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians. The earliest examples date from the end of the 3d millenium b.c., the latest from the...

adenosine monophosphate

(Encyclopedia)adenosine monophosphate (AMP) ədĕnˈəsēn mŏnˌəfŏsˈfāt [key], organic compound composed of an adenine base, the sugar ribose, and one phosphate unit. AMP is one of the possible products of th...

Admiralty Islands

(Encyclopedia)Admiralty Islands, group of 40 volcanic islands, c.800 sq mi (2,070 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea. Lorengau, the chief port and administrative center of ...

Vishakhapatnam

(Encyclopedia)Vishakhapatnam kˌəpŭtˈnəm [key], city (1991 pop. 1,057,118), Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, a port on the Bay of Bengal. Established by the British in the 17th cent. and known as Waltair under B...