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Holbæk

(Encyclopedia)Holbæk hôlˈbĕk [key], city, Vestsjælland co., E Denmark, a seaport on Holbæk Fjord, an ...

Ina

(Encyclopedia)Ina ēˈnä [key], city, Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is...

Ichinomiya

(Encyclopedia)Ichinomiya ēchĭnōˈmēyä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial ...

Iwata

(Encyclopedia)Iwata ēwäˈtä [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the estuary of t...

Chicago Heights

(Encyclopedia)Chicago Heights, city (2020 pop. 28,860), Cook co., NE Ill., S of Chicago; settled in the 1830s, inc. as a city 1901. It is an industrial community wher...

Fagersta

(Encyclopedia)Fagersta fäˈgərstäˌ [key], city, Västmanland co., S central Sweden. It is an industrial ...

Elmhurst

(Encyclopedia)Elmhurst, city (2020 pop. 45,786), Du Page co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1843, inc. 1910. A residential city, it also has three industrial ...

Potter's Bar

(Encyclopedia)Potter's Bar, town (1991 pop. 22,755), Hertfordshire, central England, in the Midlands. Potter's Bar is a residential district, most of which is within the Green Belt Zone barred to industrial develop...

Carson

(Encyclopedia)Carson, city (2020 pop. 95,558), Los Angeles co., S Calif., an industrial and residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1968. Oil refining is the major in...

Woodstock, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Woodstock, city (1991 pop. 30,075), S Ont., Canada, SW of Hamilton. It is an industrial center with diversified manufactures such as electric generators, fire engines, reed organs, auto parts, and tex...