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  • 51Guarulhos — /gwah rddooh lyoos/, n. a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo. 311,318. * * * ▪ Brazil       city, southeastern São Paulo estado (state), Brazil, on the Tietê River at 2,493 feet (760 metres) above sea level; it forms part of the greater São Paulo …

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  • 52Medicine Hat — a city in SE Alberta, in SW Canada. 32,811. * * * ▪ Alberta, Canada       city, southeastern Alberta, Canada. It lies along the South Saskatchewan River, 164 miles (264 km) southeast of Calgary, and is strategically located on both the Trans… …

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  • 53Moscow — /mos koh/ or, for 1, 2, / kow/, n. 1. Russian, Moskva. a city in and the capital of the Russian Federation, in the W part: capital of the former Soviet Union. 8,967,000. 2. Also called Grand Duchy of Moscow. Muscovy (def. 1). 3. a city in W Idaho …

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  • 54Novi Sad — /naw vee sahd / a city in and the capital of Vojvodina, in N Yugoslavia, on the Danube. 257,685. German, Neusatz. * * * Hungarian Úvidék City (pop., 2000 est.: 179,626), Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro. The administrative capital of the autonomous… …

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  • 55Santo André — /sahonn too ahonn drdde / a city in E Brazil, near São Paulo. 415,025. * * * ▪ Brazil       city, southeastern São Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Tamanduatei River at 2,438 feet (743 m) above sea level. Santo André is part of the …

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  • 56Syracuse — Syracusan, adj., n. /sir euh kyoohs , kyoohz /, n. 1. a city in central New York. 170,105. 2. Italian, Siracusa. a seaport in SE Sicily: ancient city founded by the Carthaginians 734 B.C.; battles 413 B.C., 212 B.C. 121,134. * * * I City (pop.,… …

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  • 57tea service — 1. a set of chinaware for preparing and drinking hot beverages, esp. tea. 2. a set of silver or other metalware for preparing and serving hot beverages, esp. tea. Also called tea set. [1855 60] * * * …

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  • 58Vladivostok — /vlad euh vos tok, veuh stok /; Russ. /vleuh dyi vu stawk /, n. a seaport in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Sea of Japan: eastern terminus of the Trans Siberian Railroad. 648,000. * * * Seaport city (pop., 2001 est.: 598,600),… …

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  • 59Chigasaki — ▪ Japan       city, southern Kanagawa ken (prefecture), north central Honshu, Japan. Originally a small post town, it developed in the late 19th century as a fashionable suburb of the Tokyo Yokohama Metropolitan Area. In the northern rural area,… …

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  • 60Guelma — ▪ Algeria       town, northeastern Algeria. It lies on the right bank of the Wadi el Rabate just above its confluence with the Wadi Seybouse. Originally settled as pre Roman Calama, it became a proconsular province and the bishopric of St.… …

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