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Bollnäs

(Encyclopedia)Bollnäs bôlˈnĕsˌ [key], city, E Sweden, on the Ljusnan River. It is an important trade c...

Queens

(Encyclopedia)Queens, borough of New York City (1990 pop. 1,951,598), land area c.109 sq mi (293 sq km), on the western portion of Long Island, SE N.Y., coextensive with Queens co.; settled by the Dutch 1635, estab...

Corinto

(Encyclopedia)Corinto kōrēnˈtō [key], town, NW Nicaragua, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a railroad terminus ...

Ad Diwaniyah

(Encyclopedia)Ad Diwaniyah äd dēwänˈēyä [key], city, S central Iraq, on a branch of the Euphrates River and on the Baghdad-Basra railroad. It is a marketplace for dates and grains. ...

Blue Island

(Encyclopedia)Blue Island, city (2020 pop. 22,549), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential and industrial suburb of Chicago, on the Little Calumet River; inc. 1843. It has ...

Acajutla

(Encyclopedia)Acajutla äkäho͞otˈlä [key], town (1993 17,233), SW El Salvador, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a coffee and fishing port, a railroad terminus, and a resort. Sugar is an important export. ...

Abashiri

(Encyclopedia)Abashiri äˌbäˈshĭrē [key], city, Hokkaido prefecture, E Hokkaido, Japan, on the Sea of Okhotsk and the Abashiri River, lying on the Abashiri plain. It is an importan...

Dindigul

(Encyclopedia)Dindigul dĭnˈdĭgĕl [key], city, Tamil Nadu state, S India. It is a railroad junction and a ...

Portadown

(Encyclopedia)Portadown pôrtədounˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 21,333), Craigavon dist., central Northern Ireland, on the Bann River. It is an important railroad and industrial center. Roses from Portadown nurseries ...

Fridley

(Encyclopedia)Fridley, city (2020 pop. 29,590), Anoka co., SE Minn., a suburb north of Minneapolis, on the Mississippi River; settled 1847, inc. as a city 1957. A dis...