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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...

Delmenhorst

(Encyclopedia)Delmenhorst dĕlˈmənhôrst [key], city, Lower Saxony, N Germany, near Bremen. Manufactures of this ...

Downey

(Encyclopedia)Downey, city (2020 pop. 114,355), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1957. Its many...

Akranes

(Encyclopedia)Akranes äˈkränĕsˌ [key], town, SW Iceland, on a peninsula in the Faxaflói. It is a fishing port and industrial center, with a huge cement plant. ...

Irvington

(Encyclopedia)Irvington, town (2020 pop. 61,176), Essex co., NE N.J., an industrial suburb of Newark; settled 1692 as Camptown, renamed 1852, inc. 1898. Tools, castin...

Inazawa

(Encyclopedia)Inazawa ēnäˈzäwä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a residential ...

Hamilton, city, New Zealand

(Encyclopedia)Hamilton, city, N central North Island, New Zealand, on the Waikato River. Situated between Auckland and Wellington, Hamilton is the transportation and ...

Ludlow

(Encyclopedia)Ludlow, town (1990 pop. 18,820), Hampden co., SW Mass., on the Chicopee River; settled c.1750, set off from Springfield 1774, inc. 1775. It is a residential suburb of Springfield and Chicopee. Industr...

Longueuil

(Encyclopedia)Longueuil, city (1991 pop. 129,874), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River opposite Montreal. It is a residential and industrial suburb of Montreal. It annexed Montreal South in 1961, and merged w...

Roanoke Rapids

(Encyclopedia)Roanoke Rapids, industrial city (1990 pop. 15,722), Halifax co., N N.C., on the Roanoke River near the Virginia line; founded 1893, inc. 1931. The city's industries include health care, paper products...