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Krnov

(Encyclopedia)Krnov kûrˈnôf [key], Ger. Jägerndorf, city (1991 pop. 25,436), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Opava River, near the Polish border. An industrial center, it manufactures textiles (especially...

Farnborough

(Encyclopedia)Farnborough färnˈbərə [key], town, Hampshire, S England. It is the site of the Royal Aircraft ...

Évian-les-Bains

(Encyclopedia)Évian-les-Bains āvyäNˈ-lā-băN [key] or Évian, town (1993 est. pop. 7,027), Haute-Savoie dept., E France, on Lake Geneva. It is a fashionable spa at the foot of the Alps. Évian-les-Bains's mine...

Urim and Thummim

(Encyclopedia)Urim and Thummim yo͞oˈrĭm, thŭmˈĭm [key], in the Bible, name of sacred instruments used for casting lots. The meaning of the two names is uncertain, as is the nature of the lots. They were in so...

Ossining

(Encyclopedia)Ossining ŏsˈənĭng [key], village (1990 pop. 22,582), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River; settled c.1750, inc. 1813 as Sing Sing, renamed 1901. Mainly residential, Ossining produces medi...

jongleurs

(Encyclopedia)jongleurs zhông-glörˈ [key], itinerant entertainers of the Middle Ages in France and Norman England. Their repertoire included dancing, conjuring, acrobatics, the feats of the modern juggler, singi...

Suhl

(Encyclopedia)Suhl zo͞ol [key], city (1994 pop. 52,386), Thuringia, central Germany. It is an industrial city manufacturing precision instruments, machinery, sporting guns, tools, electrical appliances, toys, porc...

Tambov

(Encyclopedia)Tambov təmbôfˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 305,000), capital of Tambov region, S central European Russia. A rail junction and manufacturing center, it produces machine tools, instruments, and chemicals....

Solingen

(Encyclopedia)Solingen zōˈlĭng-ən [key], city (1994 pop. 166,064), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Wupper River opposite Remscheid. It is a major center of the German cutlery industry. Solingen stee...

Wallingford

(Encyclopedia)Wallingford, town (1990 pop. 40,822), New Haven co., S Conn.; inc. 1670. Its silverware industry dates from c.1835. Fruit growing and the manufacture of plastics, steel, precision instruments, and har...