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Fredericton

(Encyclopedia)Fredericton, city, provincial capital, S central N.B., Canada, on the St. John River. It is a commercial, administrative, and academic center with some ...

Hofuf

(Encyclopedia)Hofuf äl ho͝o– [key], town, E Saudi Arabia. Textile manufacturing, food processing, and A...

Hsinchu

(Encyclopedia)Hsinchu or Hsin-chu both: shĭnˈjo͞oˈ [key], city, NW Taiwan. The city and surrounding area are noted for the ...

Jelenia Góra

(Encyclopedia)Jelenia Góra yĕlĕˈnyä go͞oˈrä [key], Ger. Hirschberg, city (1992 est. pop. 93,500), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland. It is an industrial and commercial center known for its woolen textiles. Ch...

Edwards Air Force Base

(Encyclopedia)Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the wo...

Emory University

(Encyclopedia)Emory University ĕmˈərē [key], near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Atlant...

Ann Arbor

(Encyclopedia)Ann Arbor, city (2020 pop. 123,851), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industria...

Kamloops

(Encyclopedia)Kamloops kămˈlo͞ops [key], city (1991 pop. 67,057), S British Columbia, Canada, at the junction of the North Thompson and South Thompson rivers. A trading post was first established on the site in ...

Kent State University

(Encyclopedia)Kent State University, mainly at Kent, Ohio; coeducational; founded 1910 as a normal school, became Kent State College in 1929, gained university status in 1935. The university's academic programs and...

Khandwa

(Encyclopedia)Khandwa kŭndˈvə [key], city (1991 pop. 145,133), Madhya Pradesh state, central India. Khandwa is a district administrative center and a market for cotton, timber, and grain. There are cotton gins, ...