261. LEISURE CENTRE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A new hotel and leisure centre . ▪ Castlemore is still working up proposals for the final phase of the scheme, which involves building a leisure centre ...
262. OUT(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bell rings out (= it rings loudly ) ▪ The bells rang out to celebrate the end of the war. a blaze breaks out ( also a blaze starts ) ...
263. RESORT(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beach resort ▪ This is one of the most popular beach resorts in Greece. a fashionable resort/area/address etc ▪ He runs a fashionable ...
264. CHARLESTON(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) city, seat (1830) of Coles county, east-central Illinois, U.S. It lies near the Embarrass River in an agricultural region. First settled by Benjamin Parker (1826), it was named for Charles Morton, its ...
265. CHICAGO(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) rock band, among the most popular American recording artists of all time, with sales of more than 100 million records. Initially a jazz-rock unit, Chicago thrived as it moved toward a lighter, ballad-oriented ...
266. FLORENCE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) city, seat of Lauderdale county, northwestern Alabama, U.S., on the Tennessee River, forming with Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and Muscle Shoals a four-city metropolitan area in the Muscle Shoals region. Founded ...
267. GENEVA(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) French Genve, German GenfItalian Ginevra city, capital of Genve canton, in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland that juts into France. One of Europe's most cosmopolitan cities, Geneva has served ...
268. HANG-CHOU(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Pinyin Hangzhou, conventional Hangchow city in northern Chekiang sheng (province), China. It is the provincial capital. The city stands on the north bank of the Ch'ien-t'ang River estuary at the head of ...
269. KARACHI(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) city and capital of Sindh province, southern Pakistan. It is the country's largest city and principal seaport and is a major commercial and industrial centre. Karachi is located on the coast of the Arabian ...
270. KIEV(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Ukrainian Kyyiv, Russian Kiyev chief city and capital of Ukraine, and capital of Kiev oblast (province). It is located along the Dnieper River just below its confluence with the Desna and 591 miles (952 ...
271. MINSK(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Belarusian Mansk city, capital of Belarus, and administrative centre of Minsk oblast (province). The city lies along the Svisloch River. First mentioned in 1067, it became seat of a principality in 1101. ...
272. NING-PO(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) also called Yin-hsien, Pinyin Ningbo, or Yinxian, city in the coastal plain of northeastern Chekiang sheng (province), China. Ning-po (Calm Waves) is situated on the Yung River, some 16 miles (25 km) upstream ...
273. RICHMOND(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) town, southeastern Tasmania, Australia, situated on Coal River at the head of Pitt Water lagoon. In 1815 Tasmania's first flour mill was built in the area, and by 1823 a bridge (Australia's oldest existing ...
274. STUTTGART(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) city, capital (1945) of Baden-Wrttemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany, astride the Neckar River, in a forested vineyard-and-orchard setting in historic Swabia. It lies between the Black Forest on ...
275. SWANSEA(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Welsh Abertawe city, Swansea county, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), southwestern Wales. It lies along the Bristol Channel at the mouth of the River Tawe. Swansea is the second largest city in ...
276. TORONTO(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) city, capital of the province of Ontario, southeastern Canada. It has the most populous metropolitan area in Canada and, as the most important city in Canada's most prosperous province, is the country's ...
277. WARSAW(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Polish Warszawa, city, capital of Poland. The city, which is an autonomous administrative unit, is located in the east-central part of the country. Warsaw is notable among Europe's capital cities not for ...
278. ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY OF WESTERN(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the 20th century. Architecture, the art of building, is perhaps the best example of the partnership and basic identity of a fine ...
279. CANTON(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) political subdivision in France, Switzerland, and other European countries. In France the canton, a subdivision of the arrondissement, is a territorial division rather than a genuine unit of local government; ...
280. REVENUE SHARING(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) a government unit's apportioning of part of its tax income to other units of government. For example, provinces or states may share revenue with local governments, or national governments may share revenue ...