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Eliasson, Olafur

(Encyclopedia)Eliasson, Olafur, 1967–, Danish sculptor, architect, and installation artist. His work is influenced by nature and natural phenomena. Early works involved frozen water droplets, electric fans, and s...

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area

(Encyclopedia)Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area yəmälˈō-nyĕˈnyĭts [key], administrative division (1995 pop. 479,700), c.290,000 sq mi (751,000 sq km), NW Siberian Russia, on both sides of the Gulf of Ob and incl...

folk medicine

(Encyclopedia)folk medicine, methods of curing by means of healing objects, herbs, or animal parts; ceremony; conjuring, magic, or witchcraft; and other means apart from the formalized practice of medical science. ...

Moore

(Encyclopedia)Moore, city (1990 pop. 40,761), Cleveland co., central Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City; settled 1889 as Verbeck, renamed Moore, inc. 1893. Its manufactures include lightning- and surge-protection equ...

Dera Ghazi Khan

(Encyclopedia)Dera Ghazi Khan dāˈrə gäˈzē khän [key], town (1981 pop. 102,007), central Pakistan, on the Indus canal. It is an administrative center in a wheat and millet area. Manufactures include textiles,...

Pottsville

(Encyclopedia)Pottsville, industrial city (1990 pop. 16,603), seat of Schuylkill co., E Pa., on the Schuylkill River; inc. 1847. Once an anthracite coal mining center, it manufactures plastic products, processed fo...

Anshun

(Encyclopedia)Anshun änˈsho͝onˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 205,600), W central Guizhou prov., SW China. A flourishing town during the opium traffic days, it is now an important market and commercial center. Am...

Edina

(Encyclopedia)Edina ēdīˈnə [key], town (2020 pop. 53,494), Hennepin co., E Minn., a residential suburb ...

Yiwu

(Encyclopedia)Yiwu, city (2010 est. pop. 1,200,000), central Zhejiang prov., E China. Although the city produces rice, oil crops, sugarcane, and manufactured goods (processed foods, textiles, and machinery), Yiwu i...

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

(Encyclopedia)Neustadt an der Weinstrasse noiˈshtät än dĕr vīnˈshträsə [key], city (1994 pop. 53,782), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany; chartered 1275. It is the center of the Rhenish Palatinate wine trade...