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Yaqui

(Encyclopedia)Yaqui yäˈ kē [key], people of Sonora, Mexico, settled principally along the Yaqui river. Their language is of Uto-Aztecan stock. They engage in weaving and agriculture; many work in the cotton regi...

Woonsocket

(Encyclopedia)Woonsocket wo͞onsŏkˈĭt, wo͝on– [key], city (1990 pop. 43,877), Providence co., N R.I., on both sides of the Blackstone River; settled c.1666, set off from Cumberland 1867, inc. as a city 1888. ...

Bolton

(Encyclopedia)Bolton or Bolton-le-Moors bōlˈtən-lə-mo͝orz [key], metropolitan borough, NW England,...

Baleshwar

(Encyclopedia)Baleshwar bäˈləsôr [key], town, Odisha (Orissa) state, E India, near the Bay of Bengal on the ...

Chemnitz

(Encyclopedia)Chemnitz kärl-märks-shtät [key], city, Saxony, E central Germany, on the Chemnitz River. It is a ...

Gobelins, Manufacture nationale des

(Encyclopedia)Gobelins, Manufacture nationale des mänüfäktürˈ näsēônälˈ dā gôblăNˈ [key], state-controlled tapestry manufactory in Paris. It was founded as a dye works in the mid-15th cent. by Jean Go...

Udaipur

(Encyclopedia)Udaipur māwärˈ [key], city and former princely state, now part of Rajasthan state, NW India. The Udaipur region, thickly wooded in the south and west, is mostly an alluvial plain watered by many in...

Blackburn with Darwen

(Encyclopedia)Blackburn with Darwen därˈwĭn, dărˈĕn [key], borough and unitary authority, NW England. It was formed as ...

Inverness, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Inverness ĭnˌvərnĕsˈ [key], town, Highland, N Scotland, on the Moray Firth at the mouth of the ...

Madurai

(Encyclopedia)Madurai mədo͝orīˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 1,085,914), Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Vaigai River. It is known as the “city of festivals and temples” and is the second largest city in Tamil ...