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South Yorkshire

(Encyclopedia)South Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Sheffield conurbation and comprised four metropolitan distr...

South River

(Encyclopedia)South River, borough (1990 pop. 13,692), Middlesex co., E N.J.; settled 1720, inc. 1898. Manufactures include clothing, furniture, and handkerchiefs. ...

South Ossetia

(Encyclopedia)South Ossetia: see Ossetia.

South Vietnam

(Encyclopedia)South Vietnam: see Vietnam.

South Korea

(Encyclopedia)South Korea: see under Korea.

South Saskatchewan

(Encyclopedia)South Saskatchewan: see Saskatchewan, river. ...

South Downs

(Encyclopedia)South Downs: see Downs, North, chalk hills, England. ...

South Burlington

(Encyclopedia)South Burlington, city (1990 pop. 12,809), Chittenden co., NW Vt., on Lake Champlain; inc. 1971. Electronic equipment, skiing equipment, and medical instruments are manufactured. Burlington Internatio...

South Milwaukee

(Encyclopedia)South Milwaukee, industrial city (1990 pop. 20,958), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., on Lake Michigan; settled 1835, inc. 1897. Draglines, machinery, consumer goods, electrical equipment, and leather products...

South Plainfield

(Encyclopedia)South Plainfield, borough (1990 pop. 20,489), Middlesex co., NE N.J.; inc. 1926. It is the seat of several research and consulting firms and has plants that make chemicals, plastics, spices and flavor...