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Foligno

(Encyclopedia)Foligno fōlēˈnyō [key], city, in Umbria, central Italy. It is a commercial and industrial ...

embossing

(Encyclopedia)embossing, process of producing upon various materials designs or patterns in relief by mechanical means. The material is pressed between a pair of dies especially adapted to its hardness and the dept...

Haberle, John

(Encyclopedia)Haberle, John hăbˈərlēˌ [key], 1856–1933, American painter, b. New Haven, Conn. Noted for his photographically precise still-life paintings, Haberle is often compared in style with William Harn...

Hadera

(Encyclopedia)Hadera hədāˈrä [key], town, W Israel, on the plain of Sharon, near the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Hagen

(Encyclopedia)Hagen häˈgən [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ennepe River. It is ...

Kajaani

(Encyclopedia)Kajaani käˈyänē [key], Swed. Kajana, city (1996 pop. 36,795), Oulu prov., central Finland, on the Kajaaninjoki River. Forest products (including paper goods and cellulose) and sports equipment are...

Kaukauna

(Encyclopedia)Kaukauna kôkôˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 11,982), Outagamie co., E Wis., on the Fox River; settled 1793, inc. 1885. The city is a processing center for cheese and other dairy products. Its chief ma...

Takamatsu

(Encyclopedia)Takamatsu täkäˈmätso͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 329,684), capital of Kagawa prefecture, NE Shikoku, Japan, a port on the Inland Sea. It is the chief communications point between Shikoku and Honshu ...

Solna

(Encyclopedia)Solna sōlˈnä [key], city (1995 pop. 54,160), Stockholm co., E Sweden, an industrial suburb of Stockholm. Manufactures include machinery, electrical goods, paper, and chocolate. It is the seat of th...

Springs

(Encyclopedia)Springs, city, now part of Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipality, Gauteng prov., NE South Africa. It is an industrial center of the Witwatersrand, a gold- and uranium-mining region. Manufacturing has r...