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Neenah

(Encyclopedia) NeenahNeenahnēˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 23,219), Winnebago co., E Wis., on Lake Winnebago at the mouth of the Fox River; settled c.1835 on the site of a Winnebago village, inc. as a…

Leavenworth

(Encyclopedia) LeavenworthLeavenworthlĕvˈənwûrthˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 38,495), seat of Leavenworth co., NE Kans., on the Missouri River; inc. 1855. It is the commercial center of a farm and…

Kayseri

(Encyclopedia) KayseriKayserikīˈsĕrēˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 416,276), capital of Kayseri prov., central Turkey, at the foot of Mt. Erciyas. It is an important commercial center and has textile mills…

Petropavlovsk, city, Russia

(Encyclopedia) PetropavlovskPetropavlovskpyĕtrəpävˈləfsk [key] or Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiPetropavlovskpyĕtrəpävˈləfsk, [key]Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskikəmchätˈskē [key], city (1989 pop. 269,000),…

Buell, Abel

(Encyclopedia) Buell, AbelBuell, Abelby&oomacr;ˈəl [key], 1742–1822, American silversmith, engraver, and type founder, b. Killingworth, Conn. He engraved a number of maps, including maps of the…

Thunder Bay

(Encyclopedia) Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and…

Bhubaneswar

(Encyclopedia) Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar b&oomacr;bänĕˈswär [key], city, capital of Odisha (Orissa) state, E central…

Zoar, village, United States

(Encyclopedia) ZoarZoarzôr, zōˈər [key], village, Tuscarawas co., E central Ohio, on the Tuscarawas River; founded 1817, inc. 1884. It was founded by a group of Separatists from S Germany who fled…

Barrow-in-Furness

(Encyclopedia) Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness –fûrˈnĭs [key], city and district, Cumbria, NW England, on the tip…

Banneker, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Banneker, Benjamin, 1731–1806, African-American inventor, astronomer, and mathematician, b. Baltimore co., Md., at what is now Ellicott's Mills. A free black, Banneker was essentially…