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Harwich

(Encyclopedia)Harwich hărˈĭj [key], town, Essex, E central England, on the estuary of the Stour and the ...

Weissenburg in Bayern

(Encyclopedia)Weissenburg in Bayern vīˈsənbo͝ork ĭn bīˈyərn [key] or Weissenburg, town, Bavaria, S Germany. It is a manufacturing center of Middle Franconia; products include gold and silver lace, processed...

Indian Head

(Encyclopedia)Indian Head, town, SE Sask., Canada, E of Regina. In a wheat-growing region, it has flour mills and grain elevators. A dominion experimental and forestr...

Coalville

(Encyclopedia)Coalville, town, Leicestershire, central England. Coalville is a modern town in the center of the Leicestershire coal field. Mining is prevalent, and ot...

Châtellerault

(Encyclopedia)Châtellerault shätĕlrōˈ [key], town, Vienne dept., W central France. It is an industrial center ...

Štip

(Encyclopedia)Štip shtēp [key], town (1994 pop. 46,372), central North Macedonia. A historic town, it has mineral waters. Štip was an important center of the medieval Serbian and Bulgarian empires. From 1389 to ...

Volterra

(Encyclopedia)Volterra, town (1991 pop. 12,879), Tuscany, central Italy. A powerful Etruscan town, it later (12th–13th cent.) was a free commune and passed to Florence in the 14th cent. Of note are well-preserved...

Vrindaban

(Encyclopedia)Vrindaban vrĭnˌdəbŭnˈ [key], formerly Brindaban, town, Uttar Pradesh state, central India, on the Yamuna River. Legends about the youth of the Hindu god Krishna center about the town, which is a ...

Dayr az Zawr

(Encyclopedia)Dayr az Zawr –ĕz– [key], town, capital of Dayr az Zawr governorate, E Syria, on the Euph...

Breisach

(Encyclopedia)Breisach brīˈzäkh [key], town, Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the Rhine River. Its man...