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Imari

(Encyclopedia)Imari ēmäˈrē [key], city, Saga prefecture, NW Kyushu, Japan, on Imari Bay. It is a fishin...

Itami

(Encyclopedia)Itami ētäˈmē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on the Muko River and Osaka ...

Izumiotsu

(Encyclopedia)Izumiotsu ēzo͞omēˈōtso͞o [key], city, Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is a ...

Clare Island

(Encyclopedia)Clare Island, c.6 sq mi (15 sq km), Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, at the entrance to Clew Bay. There are ruins of a 13th-century Carmelite abbey and of the 16th-century castle of Grania or Grace O'...

Portage Lake

(Encyclopedia)Portage Lake, inlet of Keweenaw Bay, c.20 mi (32 km) long and 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, N Mich., indenting the southeast shore of Keweenaw peninsula. An old portage route connected it with Lake Superior, an...

Tanabe

(Encyclopedia)Tanabe täˌnäˈbā [key], city (1990 pop. 69,859), Wakayama prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on Tanabe Bay. It is a commercial and fishing port with a marine-product processing industry. ...

Menominee, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Menominee, river, 118 mi (190 km) long, formed by the union of the Brule and the Michigamme rivers above Iron Mountain, W Upper Peninsula, N Mich., and flowing SE into Green Bay at Menominee. It passe...

Kishiwada

(Encyclopedia)Kishiwada kēshēwäˈdä [key], city (1990 pop. 188,563), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Osaka, producing lumber, textiles, and metals...

Anderson, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpo...

Goat Island

(Encyclopedia)Goat Island. 1 Former name of Yerba Buena Island, San Fransisco Bay, Calif. 2 Island, W N.Y., in the Niagara River, dividing Niagara Falls into the American and the Canadian falls. ...