oil-producing region
111batman — /bat meuhn/, n., pl. batmen. (in the British army) a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant. [1745 55; short for bat horse man, equiv. to bat < F bât packsaddle ( < VL *bastum, n. deriv. of *bastare to carry < LGk *bastân, re formation of Gk …
112Iran Air — Infobox Airline airline = Iran Air ایران ایر image size = 180 IATA = IR ICAO = IRA callsign = IRANAIR founded = 1962 ceased = hubs = * Imam Khomeini International Airport * Mehrabad International Airport focus cities = * Mashhad International… …
113Athabasca — is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap āsk ā w /a:θapa:ska:w/ “grass or reeds here and there”.Related to the lake are several other geographical and administrative features called Athabasca. Most places… …
114USS Midway (CV-41) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Midway. USS Midway (CVA 41), in the Western Pacific, 30 November 1974. Career (United States) …
115WCSB — For the oil producing region in Canada see Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Infobox Radio Station name = WCSB area = Greater Cleveland branding = slogan = airdate = 1976 frequency = 89.3 MHz format = College radio | erp = 630 watts class = A… …
116Soyo — (formerly known as Santo António do Zaire ) is a city located in the province of Zaire in Angola and a major port on for the Atlantic Ocean and Congo River. Soyo became recently, the largest oil producing region in the country, with an estimate… …
117Bossier City — /boh zheuhr/ a city in NW Louisiana. 49,969. * * * ▪ Louisiana, United States city, Bossier parish, northwestern Louisiana, U.S., on the east bank of the Red River (bridged), opposite Shreveport. In the 1830s the area was part of a… …
118Chanute — /sheuh nooht /, n. a town in SE Kansas. 10,506. * * * ▪ Kansas, United States city, Neosho county, southeastern Kansas, U.S., on the Neosho River. Settled c. 1870 and named for Octave Chanute, a civil engineer and aviation pioneer, the… …
119Minot — /muy neuht/, n. 1. George Richards /rich euhrdz/, 1885 1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934. 2. a city in N North Dakota. 32,843. * * * ▪ North Dakota, United States city, seat (1888) of Ward county, north central North Dakota, U.S. It… …
120Ploesti — /plaw yesht /, n. a city in S Rumania: center of a rich oil producing region. 207,009. Also, Ploiesti. * * * …
