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Laguna Beach

(Encyclopedia)Laguna Beach ləgo͞oˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 23,170), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1887, inc. 1927. A residential and resort community with a noted art colony and many cult...

Arklow

(Encyclopedia)Arklow ärˈklō [key], town, Co. Wicklow, E Republic of Ireland, on St. George's Channel at the mouth of the Avoca River. The town has become a popular resort and has a s...

Chesterfield

(Encyclopedia)Chesterfield, city and district, Derbyshire, central England. An important industrial center, Chesterfield produces mining equipment, railroad cars, met...

porcelain

(Encyclopedia)porcelain [Ital. porcellana], white, hard, permanent, nonporous pottery having translucence which is resonant when struck. Porcelain was first made by the Chinese to withstand the great heat generated...

Collingwood

(Encyclopedia)Collingwood, town, S Ont., Canada at the south end of Georgian Bay, an arm of Lake Huron. Collingwood is a shipbuilding center and has one of the larges...

Hekinan

(Encyclopedia)Hekinan hākēˈnän [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, near Chita Bay. Tr...

nun, in religion

(Encyclopedia)nun: see monasticism.

artemisia, in botany

(Encyclopedia)artemisia: see wormwood.

milo, in botany

(Encyclopedia)milo or milo maize: see sorghum. ...

moccasin, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)moccasin, snake: see water moccasin. ...