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Kota Kinabalu

(Encyclopedia)Kota Kinabalu kĭnˌəbəlo͞oˈ [key], formerly Jesselton, town (1991 pop. 160,122), capital of Sabah, Malaysia, in N Borneo and on a small inlet of the South China Sea. It is the chief port and the ...

Ashland

(Encyclopedia)Ashland ăshˈlənd [key]. 1 Industrial city (2020 pop. 21,625), Boyd co., E Ky., on terraces along the Ohio River near the influx of the Big Sandy; settled 1786, inc. 185...

Lanzhou

(Encyclopedia)Lanzhou or Lanchow both: länˈjōˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,295,600), capital of Gansu prov., W China, on the Huang He (Yellow River) at its confluence with the Wei. It is a rail, highway, and ...

Arlington, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Arlington. 1 Town, Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston; settled c.1630 as Menotomy, inc. as West Cambridge 1807, renamed Arlington 1867. The area was the scene of ...

Braintree, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Braintree, town (2020 pop. 39,143), E Mass., a suburb of Boston; inc. 1640. Metal, rubber, and paper are among its manufactures. Braintree included Quin...

Voronezh

(Encyclopedia)Voronezh Rus. vərôˈnyĭsh [key], city (1989 pop. 887,000), capital of Voronezh region, central European Russia, on the Voronezh River. A river port and a major industrial center in a black-earth ag...

Surabaya

(Encyclopedia)Surabaya, Surabaja, or Soerabaja so͝orəbīˈə, Du. so͞oräbäˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 2,473,272), capital of East Java prov., NE Java, Indonesia, on the Mas River just above its mouth at the ...

Wichita Falls

(Encyclopedia)Wichita Falls wĭchˈĭtô [key], city (1990 pop. 96,259), seat of Wichita co., N Tex., on the Wichita River; inc. 1889. The city's name comes from the Wichitas and from the falls that have since been...

Ujung Pandang

(Encyclopedia)Ujung Pandang məkăsˈər [key], city (1990 pop. 944,685), SW Sulawesi, capital of Sulawesi Selatan prov., Indonesia. The largest city in Sulawesi, it is one of Indonesia's important seaports, a dist...

tractor

(Encyclopedia)tractor, in agriculture, vehicle used to pull such equipment as plows, cultivators, and mowers; to power stationary devices such as saws and winches; and to push snowplows and earth-moving implements....