seaports
91Eemshaven — ist ein Seehafen im Nordosten der Niederlande. Der Hafen gehört zur Gemeinde Eemsmond und liegt in der Provinz Groningen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geographie 2 Geschichte 3 Wirtschaft …
92Antwerp — /an tweuhrp/, n. 1. a seaport in N Belgium, on the Scheldt. 209,200. 2. a province in N Belgium. 1,559,269; 1104 sq. mi. (2860 sq. km). French, Anvers. Flemish, Antwerpen /ahnt ver peuhn/. * * * French Anvers Flemish Antwerpen City (pop., 2000… …
93Appian Way — /ap ee euhn/ an ancient Roman highway extending from Rome to Brundisium (now Brindisi): begun 312 B.C. by Appius Claudius Caecus. ab. 350 mi. (565 km) long. * * * Latin Via Appia. First and most famous of the ancient Roman roads, running from… …
94Astarte — /a stahr tee/, n. 1. an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites. 2. (l.c.) Also called chestnut clam. any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Astarte, having a somewhat… …
95Dakar — /dah kahr /, n. a seaport in and the capital of Senegal; capital of former French West Africa. 600,000; 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km). * * * City (pop., 1999 est.: urban agglomeration, 1,999,000), capital of Senegal. One of the chief seaports on the… …
96Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… …
97France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
98Hampton Roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862. * * * Channel in the U.S. through which the James, Elizabeth, and Nansemond rivers flow into Chesapeake Bay. About …
99Kiangsu — /kyang sooh /; Chin. /gyahng sooh /, n. Older Spelling. Jiangsu. * * * ▪ province, China Introduction Chinese (Wade Giles) Chiang su, (Pinyin) Jiangsu, sheng ( …
100Maine — /mayn/, n. 1. a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 1,124,660; 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Cap.: Augusta. Abbr.: ME (for use with zip code), Me. 2. a historical region and former province in NW France. 3. (italics) a U.S.… …
