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Brabant

(Encyclopedia)Brabant Fr. bräbäNˈ, Du. bräbäntˈ [key], former province, central Belgium. The ...

Malolos

(Encyclopedia)Malolos mälōˈlōs [key], city (1990 pop. 125,178), capital of Bulacan prov., SW Luzon, the Philippines, N of Manila. It is an old marketing center for surrounding farms. The Spanish settled there i...

Mamoudzou

(Encyclopedia)Mamoudzou, city (2002 pop. 45,485), capital and largest city of Mayotte. It lies on the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean on the NE coast of Grande-Terre, Mayotte's main island, near the mouth of...

Cuiabá

(Encyclopedia)Cuiabá ko͞oyəbäˈ [key], city, capital of Mato Grosso state, SW Brazil, at the head of na...

Daulatabad

(Encyclopedia)Daulatabad doulətəbädˈ [key], village, Maharashtra state, W central India. Its 13th-century fortress is built atop a conical rock c.500 ft (150 m) high. The Chand Minar (1294), a minaret of Turkis...

Gap

(Encyclopedia)Gap gäp [key], city, capital of Hautes-Alpes dept., SE France, on the Luye River at the foot...

Honiara

(Encyclopedia)Honiara hōˌnēärˈə [key], town, capital of the Solomon Islands. Located on Guadalcanal in the SW Pacific, Honiar...

Ibagué

(Encyclopedia)Ibagué ēbägāˈ [key], city, alt. 4,300 ft (1,311 m), capital of Tolima dept., W central C...

Boa Vista

(Encyclopedia)Boa Vista bōˈə vēshˈtə [key], city, capital of Roraima state, NW Brazil, on the Rio Branco. Its ...

Mahikeng

(Encyclopedia)Mahikeng, formerly Mafikeng or Mafeking both: măfˈəkĭng [key], city (2011 pop. 290,269), capital of North West prov., N central South Africa, near the border of Botswana. It is the market for the ...