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East Suffolk

(Encyclopedia)East Suffolk, England: see Suffolk. ...

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. ...

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...

Edward IV

(Encyclopedia)Edward IV, 1442–83, king of England (1461–70, 1471–83), son of Richard, duke of York. He succeeded to the leadership of the Yorkist party (see Roses, Wars of the) after the death of his father i...

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. ...