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Islington

(Encyclopedia)Islington ĭzˈlĭngtən [key], inner borough of Greater London, SE England. Islington, in the ...

London Company

(Encyclopedia)London Company, corporation composed of stockholders residing in and about London, which, together with the Plymouth Company (see Virginia Company), was granted (1606) a charter by King James I to fou...

Barnet

(Encyclopedia)Barnet bärˈnət [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England. Although mainly residen...

Manhattan, borough, New York City, United States

(Encyclopedia)Manhattan, borough (1990 pop. 1,487,536), 28 sq mi (57 sq km), New York City, SE N.Y., coextensive with New York co. Manhattan is the cultural and commercial heart of the city, and its dramatic skylin...

Southwark

(Encyclopedia)Southwark sŭᵺˈərk, southˈwərk [key], inner borough (1991 pop. 196,500) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. Printing, engineering, and furniture manufacture are the main industri...

Ealing

(Encyclopedia)Ealing ēˈlĭng [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England.At one time, it was highl...

Sheffield, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Sheffield, city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 470,685), N England, at the confluence of the Don River and four tributaries. Sheffield was one of the leading industrial cities of England. It has ...

Birmingham, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Birmingham bûrˈmĭngəm [key], city and metropolitan borough (2021 city pop. 2,606,374; met...

greater wax moth

(Encyclopedia)greater wax moth: see bee moth.

wax moth, greater

(Encyclopedia)wax moth, greater: see bee moth.