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Isahaya

(Encyclopedia)Isahaya ēsäˈhäyä [key], city, Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. An agricultural center ...

Chilliwack

(Encyclopedia)Chilliwack chĭlˈĭwăk [key], district municipality, SW British Columbia, Canada, on the Fraser ...

ptomaine poisoning

(Encyclopedia)ptomaine poisoning tōˈmān, tōmānˈ [key]: see food poisoning. ...

North Richland Hills

(Encyclopedia)North Richland Hills, town (1990 pop. 45,895), Tarrant co., N Tex., a residential suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1953. Corrugated boxes, food products, and textiles are manufactured. The town grew markedl...

Tatebayashi

(Encyclopedia)Tatebayashi tätābäˈyäshē [key], city (1990 pop. 76,221), Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. It is a manufacturing center with mechanical, textile, and food-processing in...

White Oak

(Encyclopedia)White Oak, uninc. community (1990 pop. 18,671), Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, central Md., in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. The site of the former Naval Ordnance Laboratory was renamed the...

Bobigny

(Encyclopedia)Bobigny bôbēnyēˈ [key], city, capital of Seine–Saint Denis dept., N central France, an ...

Mianwali

(Encyclopedia)Mianwali myänˈvälē [key], town (1981 pop. 59,159), N Pakistan, on the Indus River. It is the administrative center and market for a district that produces food grains, oilseed, hides, and wool. ...

Mirpur Khas

(Encyclopedia)Mirpur Khas mērˈpo͝or khäs [key], town (1981 pop. 124,371), S Pakistan, on the Let War canal. Founded in 1806, the town is a market for cotton and food grains. ...

Korsør

(Encyclopedia)Korsør kôrsörˈ [key], city (1992 pop. 14,659), Vestsjælland co., S central Denmark, a seaport on the Store Bælt. In the city are fisheries and factories producing glass and processed food. ...