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Lusaka

(Encyclopedia)Lusaka lo͞osäˈkə [key], city (1990 est. pop. 982,400), alt. 4,200 ft (1,280 m), capital of Zambia, S central Zambia. A sprawling city located in a productive farm area, Lusaka is an administrative...

Lansing

(Encyclopedia)Lansing. 1 Village (1990 pop. 28,086), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago, near the Ind. line; inc. 1893. Among the city's industries are meatpacking, food processing, and the manufacture of metal...

Roskilde

(Encyclopedia)Roskilde rôsˈkĭlə [key], city (1992 pop. 40,928), capital of Roskilde co., E Denmark, a port on the Roskilde Fjord (an arm of the Isefjord). Manufactures of this industrial city include processed ...

Tegucigalpa

(Encyclopedia)Tegucigalpa tāgo͞osēgälˈpä [key], city (1997 est. pop. 897,000), capital and largest city of Honduras, in a small valley in the mountains of S central Honduras. The city has diverse light indust...

Chernivtsi

(Encyclopedia)Chernivtsi chĭrnĭftˈsē [key], Ger. Czernowitz, Romanian Cernauţi, Rus. Chernovtsy, ...

Chur

(Encyclopedia)Chur ko͞or [key], Fr. Coire, Romansh Cuera, city, capital of Grisons canton, E Switzerland, ...

Chandigarh

(Encyclopedia)Chandigarh chŭnˈdēgər [key], union territory (2001 provisional pop. 900,914), 44 sq mi (114 sq km) and city, NW India. The city is the capital of both Haryana and Punjab states. It was designed by...

Changsha

(Encyclopedia)Changsha chängˈshäˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,198,100), capital of Hunan prov., S China, on the Xiang River. The name, which means “long sandbank,” is derived from an island in the river. ...

Erbil

(Encyclopedia)Erbil bīlˌ –bĭlˌ [key], city and capital of Kurdistan Region, N Iraq. A commercial, agr...

Evenki Autonomous Area

(Encyclopedia)Evenki Autonomous Area ĕvyĕnˈkē [key], former administrative division, 287,645 sq mi (745,000 sq km), N ...