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Commerce, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Commerce, city (2020 pop. 12,459), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1960. An important transportation hub for S…

Ishimbay

(Encyclopedia) IshimbayIshimbayēshēmbīˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 70,000), Bashkortostan, E European Russia, on the Belaya River. Founded in 1932, Ishimbay developed around the first major oil field of…

Gresham

(Encyclopedia) Gresham Gresham grĕshˈəm [key], city (2020 pop. 114,247), Multnomah co., NW Oregon, mainly…

Gadsden

(Encyclopedia) Gadsden Gadsden gădzˈdən [key], city (2020 pop. 33,945), seat of Etowah co., NE Ala., on the Coosa…

El Reno

(Encyclopedia) El Reno El Reno ĕl rēˈnō [key], city (2020 pop. 16,989), seat of Canadian co., central Okla.; inc…

(Encyclopedia) Mabillon, JeanMabillon, JeanzhäN mäbēyôNˈ [key], 1623–1707, French scholar, a Benedictine monk. His De re diplomatica (1681; with a supplementary volume, 1704) was the first attempt to…

Peabody, Endicott

(Encyclopedia) Peabody, EndicottPeabody, Endicottpēˈbädē, –bədē [key], 1857–1944, American educator, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Cheltenham College, 1876, LL.B. Cambridge, 1880. Ordained (1885) in the…

Adler, Elmer

(Encyclopedia) Adler, ElmerAdler, Elmerădˈlər [key], 1884–1962, American bibliophile and printer, b. Rochester, N.Y. From 1930 to 1940 he published The Colophon, a highly regarded quarterly of…

Sorel

(Encyclopedia) SorelSorelsôrĕlˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 18,786), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Richelieu rivers. It is a grain-shipping center with an important…

Roraima, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Roraima, MountRoraima, Mountr&oobreve;rīˈmə [key], mountain, 9,219 ft (2,810 m) high, at the junction of the boundaries of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. A giant table mountain, it…