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East Longmeadow

(Encyclopedia)East Longmeadow, town (2020 pop. 16,430), Hampden co., SW Mass., a suburb of Springfield; settled c.1740, set off from Longmeadow and inc. 1894. It is c...

East Haven

(Encyclopedia)East Haven, town (2020 pop. 27,923, New Haven co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound, a residential suburb of New Haven, in a farm area; inc. 1785. Light in...

East Indies

(Encyclopedia)East Indies, name formerly used for the Malay Archipelago, but also more restrictively for Indonesia and more widely to include SE Asia. It once referred chiefly to India. ...

East Peoria

(Encyclopedia)East Peoria, city (2020 pop. 22,484), Tazewell co., N central Ill., on the Illinois River opposite Peoria; inc. 1919. A rail and warehousing center for ...

East Meadow

(Encyclopedia)East Meadow, uninc. residential and commercial city (2020 pop. 37,796), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on W Long Island. ...

East Detroit

(Encyclopedia)East Detroit, Mich.: see Eastpointe. ...

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