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(Encyclopedia)Eccles ekˈəlz [key], town, Salford metropolitan district, NW England, in the Manchester met...Halle, town, Belgium
(Encyclopedia)Halle hälˈə [key], Fr. Hal, commune, Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium, on the Charle...Killingly
(Encyclopedia)Killingly kĭlˈĭng-lē [key], town (1990 pop. 15,889), Windham co., NE Conn., on the Quinebaug River and the R.I. border, in a farm area; settled 1693, inc. 1708. It is an active dairy and livestock...Adams
(Encyclopedia)Adams, town (2020 pop. 5,335), Berkshire co., NW Mass., in the Berkshires, on the Hoosic River; inc. 1778. Its manufactures include chemicals, textiles, and paper products. The Berkshire r...Springdale
(Encyclopedia)Springdale, city (1990 pop. 29,941), Benton and Washington counties, NW Ark.; inc. 1878. It is a poultry-processing center, and there is vegetable canning, printing, and the manufacture of air conditi...Xinyang
(Encyclopedia)Xinyang or Sinyang both: shĭnˈyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 217,800), S Henan prov., China. It is a transportation hub lying on the Beijing-Guangzhou RR and the major regional center for south...Yiwu
(Encyclopedia)Yiwu, city (2010 est. pop. 1,200,000), central Zhejiang prov., E China. Although the city produces rice, oil crops, sugarcane, and manufactured goods (processed foods, textiles, and machinery), Yiwu i...Zeitz
(Encyclopedia)Zeitz tsīts [key], city (1994 pop. 37,461), Saxony-Anhalt, E central Germany, on the White Elster River. Manufactures include machinery, chocolate, sugar, and textiles. Of note in the city are the la...Coptic art
(Encyclopedia)Coptic art, Christian art in the upper Nile valley of Egypt. Reaching its mature phase in the late 5th and 6th cent., the development of Coptic art was interrupted by the Arab conquest of Egypt betwee...Hudson, towns, United States
(Encyclopedia)Hudson. 1 Industrial town (2020 pop. 20,092), Middlesex co., E central Mass., on the Assabet River, in an apple-growing region; settled c.1699, ...Browse by Subject
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