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Dunkirk

(Encyclopedia)Dunkirk dn´kûrk [key], Fr. Dunkerque, town (1990 pop. 71,071), Nord dept., N France, on the North Sea. It is a leading French port with daily ferry service to Ramsgate and Dover, England. It is a ...

Dunkirk

(Encyclopedia)Dunkirk, city (1990 pop. 13,989), Chautauqua co., SW N.Y., on Lake Erie; founded c.1800, inc. as a city 1880. It is a port of entry and trades extensively with other Great Lakes' ports. Dunkirk, locat...

France

(Encyclopedia)France frns, Fr. fräNs [key], officially French Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 64,457,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. France is bordered by the English Channel (N), the Atlantic ...

town

(Encyclopedia)town, in the United States. In the New England states the town is the basic unit of local government. The New England town government's unique feature is the town meeting, much praised as a nearly pur...

Cape Town, City of

(Encyclopedia)Cape Town, City of, metropolitan municipality (2011 pop. 3,740,026), Western Cape prov., South Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Town is the municipal seat. In 1996 the Cape Town metropolitan area w...

France, Anatole

(Encyclopedia)France, Anatole änätôl´ fräNs [key], pseud. of Jacques Anatole Thibaultzhäk, tb´ [key], 1844–1924, French writer. He was probably the most prominent French man of letters of his time. Amo...

New France

(Encyclopedia)New France: see Canada.

Cockburn Town

(Encyclopedia)Cockburn Town, town (1990 pop. 350), capital of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands, located on Grand Turk Island, on the Turks Island Passage. The port town is the islands' adminis...

town planning

(Encyclopedia)town planning: see city planning.

Spanish Town

(Encyclopedia)Spanish Town, city (1991 pop. 110,379), SE Jamaica, on the Cobre River. It is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region, as well as the main rail and highway communications hu...