(Encyclopedia) Dosso DossiDosso Dossidôsˈsō dôsˈsē [key], 1479?–1542, Italian painter of the Ferrarese school, whose real name was Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri. He may have been a pupil of Lorenzo…
(Encyclopedia) Cumberland, river, 687 mi (1,106 km) long, rising in E Ky., and winding generally SW through Ky. and Tenn., then NW to the Ohio River near Paducah, Ky.; drains c.18,500 sq mi (47,910…
(Encyclopedia) Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares älkäläˈ dā ānäˈrās [key], town, Madrid prov., central Spain, on the Henares River. Chemicals, plastics, electrical…
(Encyclopedia) Sergiyev PosadSergiyev Posadsyĕrˈgēyĭf pōsädˈ [key], formerly ZagorskSergiyev Posadzəgôrskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 115,000), central European Russia. It is a rail terminus and a…
(Encyclopedia) PastoPastopäˈstō [key], city (1993 pop. 261,368), alt. 8,510 ft (2,594 m), capital of Nariño dept., SW Colombia. It is a distribution and processing center for the agricultural and…
(Encyclopedia) Saint HelierSaint Heliersānt hĕlˈyər, Fr. săNtālyāˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 24,941), capital of Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain, on St. Aubin's Bay. The administrative and…
(Encyclopedia) SamarraSamarrasämärˈrä [key], town, N central Iraq, on the Tigris River. It is on the site of an ancient settlement and has given its name to a type of Neolithic pottery of the 5th…
(Encyclopedia) Tombstone, city (1990 pop. 1,220), Cochise co., SE Ariz.; inc. 1881. With its pleasant climate and legendary past, Tombstone is a well-known tourist attraction. The city became a…
(Encyclopedia) Quy Nhon or Qui NhonQui Nhonboth: kwē nyôn [key], city (1989 est. pop. 201,972), SE Vietnam, on the South China Sea coast. Quy Nhon is a growing commercial and industrial center that…
(Encyclopedia) RagesRagesrāˈjēz [key] or RhagaeRagesrāˈjē [key], ancient and medieval city of Persia, located on the site of modern-day Ray, N Iran, a suburb of Tehran. Rages is mentioned in the…
