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Maplewood

(Encyclopedia)Maplewood. 1 Village (1990 pop. 30,954), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a growing residential suburb of St. Paul; inc. 1957. 2 City (1990 pop. 9,962), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; settled 1825,...

Kure

(Encyclopedia)Kure ko͞oˈrā [key], city (1990 pop. 216,723), Hiroshima prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on Hiroshima Bay. It is a major naval base and port, and merchant ships and oil tankers are built there. In add...

Beloretsk

(Encyclopedia)Beloretsk byĕlərĕtskˈ [key], city, in Bashkortostan, W Siberian Russia, in the Urals and on the ...

Barry

(Encyclopedia)Barry, Welsh Barri, town and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more diversified export pro...

Ako

(Encyclopedia)Ako äkōˈ [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea. Relying on its steel and chemical industries, Ako has become one of Japan's most polluted in...

Granger, James

(Encyclopedia)Granger, James, 1723–76, English clergyman and biographer. He published his Biographical History of England from Egbert the Great to the Revolution in 1760. By 1824 various editors had increased it ...

oxyacetylene torch

(Encyclopedia)oxyacetylene torch ŏkˌsēəsĕtˈəlēn [key], tool that mixes and burns oxygen and acetylene to produce an extremely hot flame. This torch can be used for cutting steel and for welding iron and var...

Durgapur

(Encyclopedia)Durgapur do͝orˈgäpo͝or [key], city, West Bengal state, E central India, on the Damodar River. One ...

Eisenhüttenstadt

(Encyclopedia)Eisenhüttenstadt īˌzənhütˈənshtät [key], city, Brandenburg, E Germany; on the Oder River at the border with ...

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...