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Iwata

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

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 ...

Holbæk

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

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 ...

Arkansas, University of

(Encyclopedia)Arkansas, University of, mainly at Fayetteville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1871, opened 1872; called Arkansas Industrial Univ. until 1899. The Univ. of Arkansas for Medi...

Kwinana

(Encyclopedia)Kwinana kwĭnänˈə [key], city (2016 pop. 38,918), Western Australia, SW Australia, a suburb of Perth. A new industrial city, Kwinana has oil refineries and steelworks. ...

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...

Bollingen

(Encyclopedia)Bollingen bôlˈĭgən [key], town, Bern canton, W central Switzerland. It is a dairy and industrial center. There is a 16th-century church in the town. ...

Takasago

(Encyclopedia)Takasago täkäsäˈgō [key], city (1990 pop. 93,273), Hyogo prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial center, producing chemicals, ceramics, and paper. ...