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Bamberg

(Encyclopedia)Bamberg bämˈbĕrk [key], city, Bavaria, S Germany, a port on the Regnitz River. It is an in...

Seguin

(Encyclopedia)Seguin səgēnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 18,853), seat of Guadalupe co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; inc. 1853. Among its many industrial products are textiles, construction materials, plas...

Curitiba

(Encyclopedia)Curitiba ko͞orētēˈbä [key], city, capital of Paraná state, SE Brazil. It was founded in ...

Chicopee

(Encyclopedia)Chicopee chĭkˈəpē [key], city (2020 pop. 54,530), Hampden co., SW Mass., at the confluence ...

Chieti

(Encyclopedia)Chieti kyĕˈtē [key], city, capital of Chieti prov., Abruzzi region, central Italy, on the ...

Chalon-sur-Saône

(Encyclopedia)Chalon-sur-Saône shălôNˈ-sür-sōn [key], town, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy, ...

Gera

(Encyclopedia)Gera gāˈrä [key], city, Thuringia, E Germany, on the White Elster River. It is an industri...

Faisalabad

(Encyclopedia)Faisalabad līˈəlpo͝or [key], city, NE Pakistan, in a cotton- and wheat-growing area. It is an ...

Pontefract

(Encyclopedia)Pontefract pŏnˈtĭfrăkt, pŭmˈfrĭt [key], town (1991 pop. 28,621), Wakefield metropolitan district, N England. It is an industrial city; furniture, iron products, and textiles are made. Pomfret c...

Azcapotzalco

(Encyclopedia)Azcapotzalco äskäpōtsälˈkō [key], city, S Mexico, in the Federal District. An important rail center, with railroad yards, it is the terminus of mail and cargo traffi...