Møn or Möen, island (1992 pop. 11,187), 84 sq mi (218 sq km), SE Denmark, in the Baltic Sea, S of Sjælland and NE of Falster. Stege is the main town. Møn is largely agricultural; sugar beets a...

Borinage, region, Hainaut prov., S Belgium, surrounding Mons and extending to the French border. Traditionally a coal-mining district, most of the mines have been closed. Glass-making and meta...

Steenkerque, Du. Steenkerke, village, Hainaut prov., S Belgium, near Mons. There, in 1692, the French under Marshal François Henri de Luxembourg defeated William III of England in the War of t...

Pourri, Mont, Alpine peak, 12,428 ft (3,788 m) high, Savoie dept., SE France, near the Italian border.

Sainte Agathe des Monts, town (1991 pop. 5,452), S Que., Canada, on the North River, NW of Montreal. It is a resort center.

Alaungpaya, 1711–60, Burmese king, founder of the Konbaung dynasty, which ruled until 1885. His name, also given as Alompra, means the coming Buddha. The son of a village headman, he rallied t...

Mont Laurier, town (1991 pop. 7,862), SW Que., Canada, on the Lièvre River, N of Ottawa. Located in the Laurentian Mts., it is a winter resort in a lumbering and potato-growing region and has ...

Lop Buri, town (1990 pop. 40,190), capital of Lop Buri prov., S Thailand. Originally called Lavo, it was ruled by the Mons in the 7th and 8th cent. and by the Khmers from the 10th to the 13th ...

Mawlamyine or Moulmein,, city (1983 pop. 219,991), SE Myanmar, near the mouth of the Thanlwin (Salween) River; the third largest city of Myanmar and the capital of Mon State. A river port and ...

Bago, formerly Pegu, city (1983 pop. 150,447), capital of Bago div., S Myanmar, on the Bago River. It is a port and railway junction. Founded c.825 by the Mons, it became their capital when Ki...