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East Cape

(Encyclopedia)East Cape: see Cape Dezhnev, Russia. ...

East Ridge

(Encyclopedia)East Ridge, town (2020 pop. 22,167), Hamilton co., SE Tenn., a suburb of Chattanooga, near the Ga. border; inc. 1921. It is chiefly residential. ...

East Sea

(Encyclopedia)East Sea: see Japan, Sea of.

East Avon

(Encyclopedia)East Avon, river: see Avon (2,) river, England. ...

Souris East

(Encyclopedia)Souris East, town (1991 pop. 1,333), NE Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Settled in 1748 by Acadians, it is a fishing port. ...

East Rockaway

(Encyclopedia)East Rockaway, village (2020 pop. 10,159), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on SW Long Island; settled c.1688, inc. 1900. It is mostly residential with some light m...

East Longmeadow

(Encyclopedia)East Longmeadow, town (2020 pop. 16,430), Hampden co., SW Mass., a suburb of Springfield; settled c.1740, set off from Longmeadow and inc. 1894. It is c...

Montserrat, island, West Indies

(Encyclopedia)Montserrat mŏntsərătˈ [key], British dependency and island (2015 est. pop. 5,000), 38 sq mi (98 sq km), West Indies, one of the Leeward Islands. It is a rugged, scenic island of volcanic origin. C...

East Point

(Encyclopedia)East Point, city (2020 pop. 34,879), Fulton co., NW Ga., an industrial suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1887. Textiles, machinery, chemicals, and paper are among...

East Pakistan

(Encyclopedia)East Pakistan: see Bangladesh; Pakistan. ...