281. DELHI(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) city and union territory, north-central India. The union territory comprises the cities of Delhi (which encompasses the area popularly known as Old Delhi) and New Delhi (India's capital from 1912), to ...
282. EDINBURGH(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Gaelic Dun Eideann capital city of Scotland, located in southeastern Scotland with its centre near the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, an arm of the North Sea that thrusts westward into the Scottish ...
283. HO-FEI(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) formerly (until 1912) Lu-chou, Pinyin Hefei, or Luzhou, city in central Anhwei sheng (province), China. It has been the provincial capital since 1949. Ho-fei is a natural centre of communications, being ...
284. HUAI-AN(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Pinyin Huai'an, also spelled Hwaian, city and river port in northern Kiangsu sheng (province), China. Huai-an is a water-transport focus, being situated where the Grand Canal crosses the Su-pei Canal. ...
285. KADUNA(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) state, north-central Nigeria. Its area includes the traditional emirate of Zaria and Jemaa town. Kaduna was substantially reduced in size when its northern half became Katsina state in 1987. Kaduna is ...
286. LAN-CHOU(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Pinyin Lanzhou, conventional Lanchow, city, capital of Kansu province (sheng), China. It is situated on the upper course of the Huang Ho (Yellow River), where the river emerges from the mountains. Lan-chou ...
287. LONDON(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Skyline of London from the Golden Gallery of St. Paul's Cathedral, looking north-northeast. Just city, capital of the United Kingdom and the centre of the Commonwealth. It lies astride the River Thames ...
288. MILAN(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) village, Erie and Huron counties, northern Ohio, U.S., on the Huron River, just southeast of Sandusky. In 1804 Moravian missionaries established an Indian village called Pequotting on the site. Settlers ...
289. SAO PAULO(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) city, capital of So Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. The foremost industrial centre in Latin America, So Paulo is Brazil's largest city and one of the most populous cities in the Western Hemisphere. ...
290. SEOUL(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Korean Soul, formally Soul-t'ukpyolsi (Special City of Seoul), city and capital of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han-gang (Han River) 37 miles ...
291. SEVILLE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Spanish Sevilla provincia, one of eight provincias forming the comunidad autnoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southwestern Spain. The provincia comprises the lower Guadalquivir River valley and ...
292. TA-T'UNG(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Pinyin Datong, city, northern Shansi sheng (province), China. The city is situated at the northern limits of traditional Chinese settlement, standing just inside the Great Wall on a fertile plain watered ...
293. TEL AVIVYAFO(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) also spelled Tel Avivjaffa, or Joppa, Arabic Yafa, also called Tel Aviv city of Israel that lies on the Mediterranean coast and is the hub of the nation's largest urban centre. It was formed in 1950 by ...
294. TRIER(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Regierungsbezirk (administrative district), western Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), southwestern Germany. Trier is bordered by Luxembourg and Belgium to the west, North RhineWestphalia Land to the north, ...
295. YANG-CHOU(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Pinyin Yangzhou city in Kiangsu Province (sheng), China. It lies to the north of the Yangtze River at the southern terminus of the section of the Grand Canal joining the Huai River to the Yangtze. In the ...
296. TAXATION(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) the imposition of compulsory levies on persons or other entities by governments. In modern economies taxes are the most important source of government revenues. They represent a general obligation of taxpayers ...
297. GRAVITY, CENTRE OF(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Английский словарь Британика) Imaginary point where the total weight of a material body may be thought to be concentrated. Since weight and mass are proportional, the same point may also be called the centre of mass, but the ...