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( z´´mä l´) (KEY) , city (1989 pop. 93,000), extreme S Ukraine, on an arm of the Danube delta and near the Romanian border. It is a rail junction,...
common name for the largest of the North American woodpeckers, Campephilus principalis. Believed since 1952 to be nearing extinction, the last known m...
( wä´tä) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 83,521), Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the estuary of the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural and...
( wä´ts k ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 106,462), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Edo River. It is an industrial center where textiles...
( ´w j ´m , ´wô) (KEY) , Jap. Io-jima, volcanic island, c.8 sq mi (21 sq km), W Pacific, largest and most important of the Volcano Islands. Mt. ...
( k´s n) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, king of the Lapithes. Ixion murdered his father-in-law to avoid paying a price for his bride. When no one on ea...