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Gijón
(Encyclopedia)Gijón hēhōnˈ [key], city, Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. This ...Fichtelgebirge
(Encyclopedia)Fichtelgebirge fĭkhˈtəlgəbĭrˌgə [key], mountain knot, in SE Germany, between Bayreuth and the Czech border; rises to 3,447 ft (1,051 m) in Schneeberg peak. The rugged mountains are composed mai...pyroxene
(Encyclopedia)pyroxene pīˈrŏksēn [key], name given to members of a group of widely distributed rock minerals called metasilicates in which magnesium, iron, and calcium, often with aluminum, sodium, lithium, man...Qaraghandy
(Encyclopedia)Qaraghandy or Karaganda both: kärˌəgänˈdə [key], city (1993 est. pop. 596,000), in central Kazakhstan, on the Trans-Kazakhstan RR. It consists of about 50 coal-mining settlements scattered aroun...Dumdum
(Encyclopedia)Dumdum dŭmˈdəm [key], four towns in Suburban Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal state, E cent...Almería
(Encyclopedia)Almería älmārēˈä [key], city, capital of Almería prov., SE Spain, in Andalusia, on the Gulf of Almería. A busy Mediterranean port, it exports the celebrated grapes...Kamyanske
(Encyclopedia)Kamyanske, formerly Dniprodzerzhynsk dənyĭpˌrōdzĭrzhēnskˈ [key], Rus. Dneprodzerzhinsk, city (1989 pop. 282,000), central Ukraine, a port on the Dnieper River. It is a major industrial center w...spinach
(Encyclopedia)spinach, annual plant (Spinacia oleracea) of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), probably of Persian origin and known to have been introduced into Europe in the 15th cent. It is valued as a ...Peixoto, Floriano
(Encyclopedia)Peixoto, Floriano flōrēäˈnō pāshōˈtō [key], 1842–95, Brazilian marshal and statesman, president of Brazil (1891–94). He took part in the establishment of the republic and was chosen vice ...Yining
(Encyclopedia)Yining go͝olˈjäˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 197,500), W Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the Ili River in the Dzungarian basin. An old commercial center trading in tea and cattle, it i...Browse by Subject
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