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Levelland

(Encyclopedia)Levelland lĕvˈəlăndˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 13,986), seat of Hockley co., NW Tex., on the Llano Estacado; inc. 1926. The economy is based chiefly on oil and gas, agriculture, and the manufacture ...

Saint Cloud

(Encyclopedia)Saint Cloud, city (1990 pop. 48,812), seat of Stearns co. and also in Benton and Sherburne counties, central Minn., on the Mississippi River; inc. 1856. Agriculture (dairying, poultry, livestock, grai...

Tumakuru

(Encyclopedia)Tumakuru, formerly Tumkur to͝omko͞orˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 179,877), Karnataka state, S central India. It is a district administrative center and a health resort in the Devarayanadurga Hills. Tum...

Harahan

(Encyclopedia)Harahan hârˈəhănˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 9,116), Jefferson parish, SE La., a suburb of New ...

Stratford, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Stratford, town (1990 pop. 49,389), Fairfield co., SW Conn., at the mouth of the Housatonic River on Long Island Sound; inc. 1639. Transportation equipment; helicopters; machinery; hardware items; ele...

South Gate

(Encyclopedia)South Gate, city (1990 pop. 86,284), Los Angeles co., S Calif., an industrial suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1923. Among the city's manufactures are metal, electrical, paper, and rubber products; consume...

Blytheville

(Encyclopedia)Blytheville blīᵺˈvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 12,981), seat of Mississippi co., NE Ark., near the ...

açaí

(Encyclopedia)açaí äˌsäēˈ [key], tree, Euterpe oleracea, of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and its fruit, grown chiefly in Pará state in the Amazon region of Brazil. The tre...

Onega, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Onega, Lake, Finnish Aäninen, Rus. Onezhskoye Ozero, lake, c.3,800 sq mi (9,800 sq km), NW European Russia, in Karelia, between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea. The second largest lake in Europe, it is...

‘Oumuamua

(Encyclopedia)‘Oumuamua ōmo͞oˈəmo͞oˈə [key], officially 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua), interstellar object, the first to be discovered in the solar system. Highly variable in brightness, it also is highly and u...