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  • 81Livorno — /lee vawrdd naw/, n. a seaport in W Italy on the Ligurian Sea. 177,526. English, Leghorn. * * * English Leghorn City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 148,143), Tuscany region, central Italy, on the Ligurian Sea. Originally a fishing village, it came under… …

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  • 82Merseyside — /merr zee suyd /, n. a metropolitan county in W England. 1,588,400; 250 sq. mi. (648 sq. km). * * * Metropolitan county (pop., 2001: 1,362,034), northwestern England. Located on the estuary of the River Mersey, it comprises five metropolitan… …

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  • 83Surabaya — /soor euh bah yeuh/, n. a seaport on NE Java: second largest city in Indonesia; naval base. 1,556,255. Also, Surabaja. Dutch, Soerabaja. * * * Seaport city (pop., 1995 est.: 2,701,000), northeastern coast of Java, Indonesia. It is Indonesia s… …

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  • 84Vyborg — /vee bawrg/; Russ. /vi beuhrddk/, n. a seaport in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Gulf of Finland: formerly in Finland. 79,000. Swedish, Viborg. Finnish, Viipuri. * * * ▪ Russia formerly  (1919–40) Viipuri,         city, Leningrad… …

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  • 85Wilhelmshaven — /vil helms hah feuhn/, n. a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea. 95,570. * * * ▪ Germany       city and port, Lower Saxony Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies on Jade Bay (Jadebusen), a North Sea inlet on the coast of… …

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  • 86Senglea — ▪ Malta also called  Isla        town, one of the Three Cities (the others being Cospicua and Vittoriosa) of eastern Malta. Senglea lies on a small, narrow peninsula between French Creek to the west and Dockyard Creek to the east, just south of… …

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  • 87Congo, Democratic Republic of the — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Congo, Democratic Republic of the <p></p> Background: <p></p> Established as a Belgian colony in 1908, the then Republic of the Congo gained its independence in 1960,… …

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  • 88Repaired — Repair Re*pair , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repaired} ( p?rd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repairing}.] [F. r[ e]parer, L. reparare; pref. re re + parare to prepare. See {Pare}, and cf. {Reparation}.] 1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury,… …

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  • 89Repairing — Repair Re*pair , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repaired} ( p?rd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repairing}.] [F. r[ e]parer, L. reparare; pref. re re + parare to prepare. See {Pare}, and cf. {Reparation}.] 1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury,… …

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  • 90USS Vestal (AR-4) — was a collier (or coal ship), later refitted as a fleet repair ship. The Vestal served between 1909 and 1946 in both World Wars I and II and received two battle stars for her World War II service. Commissioning The history of USS Vestal (AR 4)… …

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