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Riesa

(Encyclopedia)Riesa rēˈzä [key], city (1994 pop. 42,656), Saxony, E central Germany, on the Elbe River. It is a river port, rail junction, and industrial center. Manufactures include tires, soap, and building ma...

Vinnytsya

(Encyclopedia)Vinnytsya vĭnˈĭtsyə [key], Rus. Vinnitsa, city (1989 pop. 374,000), capital of Vinnytsya region, in Podolia, Ukraine, on the Southern Buh River. A railroad junction in a sugar beet district, the c...

Chofu

(Encyclopedia)Chofu chōˈfo͞o [key], city, Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Tuma River. ...

Cockaigne, Land of

(Encyclopedia)Cockaigne or Cockayne, Land of both: kŏkānˈ [key], legendary country described in medieval tales, where delicacies of food and drink were to be had for the taking. The Land of Cockaygne is a 13th-c...

Governador Valadares

(Encyclopedia)Governador Valadares go͝ovərnədo͞orˈ vələᵺäˈrəs [key], city, Minas Gerais...

Datia

(Encyclopedia)Datia dŭˈtēä [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, N central India. It is a district adminis...

fat substitute

(Encyclopedia)fat substitute, substance used to replace dietary fat in the manufacture of foods. Fat substitutes are made in a variety of ways, mostly by manipulating natural food products such as egg whites, whey,...

Great Grimsby

(Encyclopedia)Great Grimsby or Grimsby, city, North East Lincolnshire, E central England, at the mouth of the Humber River. It is one of the largest fishing ports...

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...

Frauenfeld

(Encyclopedia)Frauenfeld frouˈənfĕlt [key], city, capital of Thurgau canton, NE Switzerland, on the Murg River. ...