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Přerov

(Encyclopedia)Přerov pərzhĕˈrôf [key], Ger. Prerau, city (1991 pop. 51,300), E Czech Republic, in Moravia. A railway center, Přerov manufactures precision instruments, textiles, and foodstuffs. The 16th-centu...

Okara

(Encyclopedia)Okara ōkäˈrə [key], city (1998 pop. 200,901), N central Pakistan. It is a market for food grains, oilseed, and cotton, with manufactures in textiles, hosiery, and carpets. The city has a national ...

Holon

(Encyclopedia)Holon hōlônˈ [key], city, W central Israel. Manufactures include textiles, metal and leath...

Inuyama

(Encyclopedia)Inuyama ēno͞oyäˈmä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kiso River. ...

Easley

(Encyclopedia)Easley ēzˈlē [key], city (2020 pop. 22,921), Pickens co., NW S.C., in the foothills of the...

Hamamatsu

(Encyclopedia)Hamamatsu hämäˈmätso͞o [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. An important ...

Handa

(Encyclopedia)Handa hänˈdä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on the Chita Peninsul...

Kinston

(Encyclopedia)Kinston, city (1990 pop. 25,295), seat of Lenoir co., E N.C., on the Neuse River; settled c.1740, inc. 1849. It is a market for bright leaf tobacco and other agricultural products. Also an industrial ...

fireproofing

(Encyclopedia)fireproofing, method of making normally combustible materials as nearly noncombustible as possible. Fireproofing generally applies to textiles and construction materials that are treated with a soluti...

Laval, town, France

(Encyclopedia)Laval, town (1990 pop. 53,478), capital of Mayenne dept., NW France, in Maine. It has been noted for its linen products since the 14th cent. Among its other industrial products are textiles, shoes, fu...