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Hofu

(Encyclopedia)Hofu hōˈfo͞o [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Suo Sea. It is a ...

Invercargill

(Encyclopedia)Invercargill ĭnvərkärˈgĭl [key], city, extreme S South Island, New Zealand, on the Southland Plain. ...

Ebetsu

(Encyclopedia)Ebetsu ābāˈtso͞o [key], city, Hokkaido prefecture, central Hokkaido, Japan. It is an indu...

Colima, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Colima, city, capital of Colima state, SW Mexico. It is a marketing and processing center for the surrounding agricultural region. The city was founded ...

Chitré

(Encyclopedia)Chitré chētrāˈ [key], city, S Panama, near the Gulf of Panama. It is capital of the Herre...

Ennis

(Encyclopedia)Ennis, city (2020 pop. 20,159), Ellis co., N Tex.; inc. 1872. It is a trading, financial, rail, and processing center in a fertile blackland area that p...

Shibin el Kom

(Encyclopedia)Shibin el Kom shĭbēnˈ ĕl ko͝om [key], city (1986 pop. 132,209), capital of Munufiyah governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is an agricultural market and a cotton-processing center. ...

Sagamihara

(Encyclopedia)Sagamihara sägämēˈhärä [key], city (1990 pop. 531,542), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo with metallurgical, food processing, and electrical appliance industri...

Torrance

(Encyclopedia)Torrance, industrial and residential city (1990 pop. 133,107), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1921. It has large aircraft and electronics industries. Among its many manufactures are aircraft, electr...

Paragould

(Encyclopedia)Paragould pârˈəgo͞old [key], city (1990 pop. 18,540), seat of Greene co., NE Ark.; inc. 1882. The growing processing and trade center of an agricultural region, Paragould also has a wide variety o...