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Ohio, state, United States

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE), West Virginia (SE) and Kentucky (S) across the Ohio River, Indiana (W), and Michigan ...

Akita, city, Japan

(Encyclopedia)Akita äˈkētä [key], city, capital of Akita prefecture, NW Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan. A producer of petroleum products and chemicals, Akito city also has a lar...

Petropavl, city, Kazakhstan

(Encyclopedia)Petropavl pyĕˌtrəpävˈləfsk [key], city (1993 est. pop. 248,000), N Kazakhstan, on the Ishim (Esil) River and at the junction of the Trans-Kazakhstan and Trans-Siberian RR. Small motors, agricult...

Raleigh, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Raleigh, Fort: see Roanoke Island. ...

Fort-Bayard

(Encyclopedia)Fort-Bayard: see Zhanjiang, China. ...

Fort-Lamy

(Encyclopedia)Fort-Lamy: see Ndjamena, Chad.

Marion, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Marion, Fort: see Saint Augustine, Fla. ...

Fort Frontenac

(Encyclopedia)Fort Frontenac: see Kingston, Ont., Canada. ...

Fort Lennox

(Encyclopedia)Fort Lennox: see Île-aux-Noix.

Mississippi, state, United States

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Mississippi mĭsˌəsĭpˈē [key], one of the Deep South states of the United States. It is bordered by Alabama (E), the Gulf of Mexico (S), Arkansas and Louisiana, with most of that border fo...