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Chidambaram

(Encyclopedia)Chidambaram chĭdŭmˈbərəm [key], town, Tamil Nadu state, SE India. It markets rice and produces ...

Rocky Hill

(Encyclopedia)Rocky Hill, town (1990 pop. 16,554), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford, on the Connecticut River; settled c.1650, inc. 1843. Chemical coatings and synthetic textiles are made there. Ro...

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...

Neumünster

(Encyclopedia)Neumünster noIˈmünˌstər [key], city (1994 pop. 82,014), Schleswig-Holstein, N central Germany. It is a transportation and industrial center; manufactures include machinery, textiles, leather, and...

Uddevalla

(Encyclopedia)Uddevalla ŭˈdəväˌlä [key], city (1990 pop. 29,790), Göteborg och Bohus co., SW Sweden, a port on the Byfjorden, an arm of the Skagerrak. Manufactures of this industrial center include ships, te...

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 ...

Nobeoka

(Encyclopedia)Nobeoka nōbāōˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 130,624), Miyazaki prefecture, E Kyushu, Japan, on the mouth of the Gokase River. It is a commercial and fishing port and a production center for chemicals...

Upland

(Encyclopedia)Upland, city (1990 pop. 63,374), San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1906. There is food processing, tool and die making, and the manufacture of electronics, buildi...

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...