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(Encyclopedia)Near East: see Middle East.

East Kilbride

(Encyclopedia)East Kilbride kĭlbrīdˈ [key], town, South Lanarkshire, S central Scotland. Established in 1946 ...

East Massapequa

(Encyclopedia)East Massapequa măsəpēkˈwə [key], uninc. town (2020 pop. 17,622), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the south ...

East Hartford

(Encyclopedia)East Hartford, urban town (2020 pop. 51,045), Hartford co., central Conn., on the Connecticut River opposite Hartford; settled c.1640, inc. 1783. East H...

East Liverpool

(Encyclopedia)East Liverpool, industrial city (2020 pop. 9,958), Columbiana co., E central Ohio, on the Ohio River near the Pa. and W.Va. borders; settled 1798 as St....

East Lyme

(Encyclopedia)East Lyme līm [key], town (1990 est. pop. 14,000), New London co., SE Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled c.1660, inc. 1839. The town has diversified light industry. Its many colonial buildings incl...

Middle East

(Encyclopedia)Middle East, term traditionally applied by western Europeans to the countries of SW Asia and NE Africa lying W of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Thus defined it includes Cyprus, the Asian part of T...

Saba, island, West Indies

(Encyclopedia)Saba säˈbə [key], island (1990 est. pop. 1,100), 5 sq mi (13 sq km), a special municipality of the Netherlands, one of the NW Leeward Islands, West Indies. It was formerly part of the Netherlands A...

East Prussia

(Encyclopedia)East Prussia, Ger. Ostpreussen, former province of Prussia, extreme NE Germany. The region of East Prussia has low rolling hills that are heavily wooded, and it is dotted by many lakes (especially in ...

East Flanders

(Encyclopedia)East Flanders, Du. Oost-Vlaanderen ōst-vlänˈdərən [key], Fr. Flandre Orientale, prov...