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Levallois-Perret

(Encyclopedia)Levallois-Perret ləvälwäˈ-pĕrāˈ [key], residential and industrial suburb of Paris (1990 pop. 47,788), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River. Automobiles, electrical and rad...

Melitopol

(Encyclopedia)Melitopol mālyētôˈpəl [key], city (1989 pop. 174,000), S Ukraine, on the Molochnoy River. A manufacturing center, it produces heavy machinery and has flour mills and food-processing plants. It wa...

Livonia, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Livonia lĭvōnˈyə [key], city (1990 pop. 100,850), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; founded 1835, inc. 1950. Among its manufactures are transportation equipment, plastic and steel products...

Lake Worth

(Encyclopedia)Lake Worth, city (1990 pop. 28,564), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on Lake Worth (a lagoon); inc. 1913. It is a residential suburb and resort center popular for its bathing and fishing facilities. Sports e...

bran

(Encyclopedia)bran, outer coat of a cereal grain—e.g., wheat, rye, and corn—mechanically removed from commercial flour and meal by bolting or sifting. Wheat bran is extensively used as feed for farm animals. Br...

Stuttgart, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Stuttgart stŭtˈgärt, –gərt [key], city (1990 pop. 10,420), a seat of Arkansas co., E central Ark.; inc. 1889. It is a trade and processing center of a rice-growing area. Machinery and food are p...

Piatra-Neamţ

(Encyclopedia)Piatra-Neamţ pyäˈträ-nyämts [key], city (1990 pop. 118,216), NE Romania, in the Bacău region. Food processing, and the manufacture of fertilizers, furniture, ceramics, and paper are among the in...

Sahiwal

(Encyclopedia)Sahiwal säˈhĭväl [key], city (1998 pop. 207,388), E central Pakistan, on the Lower Bari Doab Canal. It is a district administrative headquarters, connected by road and rail to Lahore, and a market...

Sandefjord

(Encyclopedia)Sandefjord säˈnəfyôr [key], town (1995 pop. 37,084), Vestfold co., SE Norway, near the mouth of the Oslofjord. An important shipping center since the 14th cent. and a former whaling port, it is no...

Qa'em Shahr

(Encyclopedia)Qa'em Shahr käˈĕm shär [key], city (1991 pop. 123,684), Mazandaran prov., N Iran. Manufactures include textiles and food products; a thermal power plant is there. It is a road and rail transport c...