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Gaur, ruined city, India

(Encyclopedia)Gaur gour [key], ruined city, West Bengal state, India. Known also as Lakhnauti, the city was an ancient Hindu capital of Bengal. It was captured (c.1200) by the Islamic rulers of Delhi and remained a...

Erie, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Erie, city (2020 pop. 94,831), seat of Erie co., NW Pa., on Lake Erie; inc. as a city 1851. Pennsylvania's only port on the Great Lakes, Erie is a busy ...

Flint, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Flint, city (2020 pop. 81,252), seat of Genesee co., SE Mich., on the Flint River; inc. 1855. Since 1902 it has been an automobile-manufacturing centers...

Amesbury, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Amesbury āmzˈbĕrˌē, –bərē [key], town (2020 pop. 17,366), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Merrimack River; inc. 1668. The town's economy relies on light manufacturing...

Indiana, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Indiana, industrial borough (2020 pop. 13,067), seat of Indiana co., W Pa.; inc. 1816. It is the principal supply and trading center for a bituminous-co...

Antioch, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Antioch, city (2020 pop. 115,291), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on the San Joaquin River near the mouth of the Sacramento; inc. 1872. It is a processing and shipping center for the agricult...

Hull, former city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Hull, former city, Que., Canada: see Gatineau. ...

Humboldt, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Humboldt hŭmˈbōlt [key], city (2020 pop. 7,874), Gibson co., W central Tenn.; inc. 1865. It ...

Huron, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Huron hyo͝orˈänˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 14,263), seat of Beadle co., E central S.Dak., on ...

Ithaca, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Ithaca ĭthˈəkə [key], city (2020 pop. 32,108), seat of Tompkins co., S central N.Y., at t...