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Huntsville, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Huntsville, town, SE Ont., Canada, on the Muskoka River. It has lumber mills and a woodworking plant, but it is sustained mainly by its year-round touri...Irvine, town, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Irvine ûrˈvĭn [key], town, North Ayrshire, SW Scotland, on the Irvine River estuary. Indus...Jülich, town, Germany
(Encyclopedia)Jülich, town (1994 pop. 31,780), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It has some light industry and is the seat of a nuclear research center. Originally a Roman settlement known as Juliacum, Jülich...Durham, town, England
(Encyclopedia)Durham, town, county seat of Durham, NE England, on the sides of a hill nearly encircled by the Wear River. The town's small factories produce organs an...Dorchester, town, England
(Encyclopedia)Dorchester dôrˈchĭstər [key], town, county seat of Dorset, S central England. Dorchester is a ...Dumfries, town, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Dumfries dəmfrēsˈ [key], town, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland, on the Nith River. The ...Dartmouth, town, England
(Encyclopedia)Dartmouth, town, Devon, SW England, on the Dart estuary. The principal feature of the town is Britannia Royal Naval College. Dartmouth has engineering a...Dauphin, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Dauphin dôˈfĭn [key], town, SW Man., Canada, on the Vermilion River. It is the retail and ...Conway, town, Wales
(Encyclopedia)Conway, town, Wales: see Conwy.Chatham, town, England
(Encyclopedia)Chatham, town, Kent, SE England, on the Medway River. Chatham, Rochester, and Gillingham form a contiguous urban area that is now the unitary borough of Medway. Chatham was a major naval station, with...Browse by Subject
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