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(Encyclopedia)Neath nēth [key], Welsh Castell-nedd, town (1981 pop. 48,687), Neath Port Talbot, S Wales, on the Neath River. Neath is both a market and an industrial town. Metallurgy and a growing petrochemical in...Kamensk-Uralski
(Encyclopedia)Kamensk-Uralski käˈmyĭnsk-o͞orälˈskē [key], city (1989 pop. 208,000), W Siberian Russia, at the junction of the Kamenka and Iset rivers. A city specializing in metallurgy, its manufactures incl...Harlow
(Encyclopedia)Harlow, city and district, Essex, E England. Harlow was designated one of the new towns in 1946 to alleviate overpopulation in London. It grew rapidly t...Dudley
(Encyclopedia)Dudley, metropolitan borough, W central England. Dudley's famed iron, coal, and limestone industries began declining c.1870. Other industries include en...Posadas
(Encyclopedia)Posadas pōsäˈᵺäs [key], city (1991 pop. 211,297), capital of Misiones prov., NE Argentina, a port on the upper Paraná River. Its industries include woodworking and metallurgy. It is a point of ...Celje
(Encyclopedia)Celje tsĕˈlyĕ [key], city, in Slovenia. Metallurgy, chemicals, and food processing are the...Wałbrzych
(Encyclopedia)Wałbrzych välˈbzhĭkh [key], Ger. Waldenburg, city (1992 est. pop. 141,300), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland. Coal mining, chemical production, metallurgy, and textile milling are the chief economi...Buzău
(Encyclopedia)Buzău bo͝ozûˈo͝o [key], city, SE Romania, in Walachia, on the Buzău River. It is a dist...Missouri, University of
(Encyclopedia)Missouri, University of, at Columbia (main campus), Rolla, Kansas City, and St. Louis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1839, opened 1841. It is the oldest state university W o...Notre Dame, University of
(Encyclopedia)Notre Dame, University of nōˈtər dām, nōˈtrə [key], at Notre Dame, Ind., near South Bend; Roman Catholic; coeducational; est. and opened 1842, chartered 1844. It has a noted law school and comp...Browse by Subject
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