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Teresina

(Encyclopedia)Teresina tārāzēˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 599,272), capital of Piauí state, NE Brazil, on the Parnaíba River. It is the main commercial and agricultural distribution center in the Parnaíba val...

Plainview

(Encyclopedia)Plainview. 1 Uninc. city (1990 pop. 26,207), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. It is chiefly residential. 2 City (1990 pop. 21,700), seat of Hale co., NW Tex., on the Llano Estacado; inc. 1907. The...

Ada, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Ada āˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 16,481), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. The c...

Camargue

(Encyclopedia)Camargue kämärgˈ [key], alluvial lowland, c.215 sq mi (560 sq km), Bouches-du-Rhône dept., SE France, in the Rhône delta. Formed by sedimentation, it has numerous shallow lagoons cut off from the...

Celaya

(Encyclopedia)Celaya sāläˈyä [key], city, Guanajuato state, W central Mexico. In a region watered by th...

ceremony

(Encyclopedia)ceremony, expression of shared feelings and attitudes through more or less formally ordered actions of an essentially symbolic nature performed on appropriate occasions. A ceremony involves stereotype...

Carmarthen

(Encyclopedia)Carmarthen kərmärˈᵺən [key], Welsh Caerfyrddin, town, Carmarthenshire, S Wales, on the ...

Port Lavaca

(Encyclopedia)Port Lavaca ləvăkˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 10,886), seat of Calhoun co., S Tex., on Lavaca Bay; inc. 1907. A deepwater port of entry, it is a shipping point for an agricultural (corn, rice, cattle...

Pecos, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Pecos pāˈkəs [key], city (1990 pop. 12,069), seat of Reeves co., W Tex., on the Pecos River; inc. 1903. It is a railroad and highway junction and the market for an extensive ranch and irrigated far...

Vesoul

(Encyclopedia)Vesoul vəzo͞olˈ [key], town (1990 est. pop. 19,404), capital of Haute-Saône dept., E France, in Franche-Comté. Agricultural and mechanical equipment and metal products are the chief manufactures....