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Goole

(Encyclopedia)Goole go͞ol [key], municipal borough, East Riding of Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence...

Forfar

(Encyclopedia)Forfar fôrˈfər [key], town, Angus, E Scotland. Textiles, processed foods, iron goods, and ...

Eschweiler

(Encyclopedia)Eschweiler ĕshˈvīlər [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, near Aachen. Its m...

Ikaría

(Encyclopedia)Ikaría or Icaria both: īkârˈēə [key], mountainous island, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), SE Greece, one of the Southern Sporades, near Turkey. It has iron-ore deposits and sulfur springs. According to...

Hyogo

(Encyclopedia)Hyogo hyōˈgō [key], prefecture, 3,213 sq mi (8,322 sq km), SW Honshu, Japan. Kobe is the capital. Iron, steel, tex...

Isabela, province, Philippines

(Encyclopedia)Isabela ĭzəbĕlˈə, Span. ēsäbāˈlä [key], province, NE Luzon, the Philippines...

Darlington

(Encyclopedia)Darlington, city and borough, NE England, on the Skerne River near its junction with the Tees River. Darlington was a railroad center, with extensive lo...

Creusot, Le

(Encyclopedia)Creusot, Le lə krözōˈ [key], city, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy. ...

Dalälven

(Encyclopedia)Dalälven dälˈĕlˌvən [key], river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, Kopparberg co., W central Sweden, in the mountains along the Norwegian border. It flows SE to Avesta, then NE into the Gulf of Bothnia a...

Chorzów

(Encyclopedia)Chorzów hôˈzho͞of [key], city, Śląskie prov., S Poland. A rail junction and a center of...