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Mengzi

(Encyclopedia)Mengzi or Meng-tzu both: mŭng-dzŭ [key], city, SE Yunnan prov., China, c.12 mi (20 km) E of Gejiu. It is the commercial hub of a district where tin and antimony are mined. ...

Keetmanshoop

(Encyclopedia)Keetmanshoop kētˈmäns-ho͝opˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 15,032), SE Namibia. It is the trade center for a region where karakul sheep are raised. Keetmanshoop was founded in 1866 as a German missionar...

Maribo

(Encyclopedia)Maribo mäˈrēbō [key], city (1992 pop. 5,566), Storstrøm co., SE Denmark, on Lake Søndersø. It is a commercial and industrial center with sugar refineries. The playwright Kaj Munk (1898–1944) ...

Mineola

(Encyclopedia)Mineola mĭnēōˈlə [key], village (1990 pop. 18,994), seat of Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, a suburb of New York City; inc. 1906. Chiefly residential, it is a commercial center, with some li...

Menomonee Falls

(Encyclopedia)Menomonee Falls mənŏmˈənē [key], village (1990 pop. 26,840), Waukesha co., SE Wis., on the Menominee River; inc. 1892. Wire, metal, paper, concrete, plumbing fixtures, furniture, fiberglass produ...

Karlshamm

(Encyclopedia)Karlshamm kärls-häˈmən, kärlsˈhäˌ– [key], city (1990 pop. 18,390), Blekinge co., SE Sweden, a busy port on the Baltic Sea; chartered 1664. It is the seat of a large fishing fleet and has a m...

Patchogue

(Encyclopedia)Patchogue păchˈägˌ, –ôgˌ [key], village (1990 pop. 11,060), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, on Great South Bay; inc. 1893. A residential area that is popular in the summer months, it has...

Riviera Beach

(Encyclopedia)Riviera Beach rəvērˈə [key], resort city (1990 pop. 27,639), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on Lake Worth (a lagoon); inc. 1922. Research and development firms are located in the growing city. ...

Winchelsea

(Encyclopedia)Winchelsea wĭnˈchəlsē [key], village, East Sussex, SE England. Winchelsea was an important member of the Cinque Ports. ...

Warangal

(Encyclopedia)Warangal vərŭngˈgəl [key], city (1991 pop. 467,757), central Telangana state, SE India. It is a district administrative center, a rail junction, and a market town for grain and oilseed. Carpets, b...