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Bluebeard

(Encyclopedia) Bluebeard, nickname of the chevalier Raoul in a story by Charles Perrault. In the story Bluebeard's seventh wife, Fatima, yielding to curiosity, opens a locked door and discovers the…

Amagasaki

(Encyclopedia) Amagasaki Amagasaki äˈmägäsäˈkē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, a port on Osaka Bay. An important industrial center, with iron and steel…

Neustrelitz

(Encyclopedia) NeustrelitzNeustrelitznoiˌshtrāˈlĭts [key], city (1994 pop. 25,194), Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, N Germany. It is a transportation center and has metalworks, publishing houses, and…

Saint Jérôme

(Encyclopedia) Saint JérômeSaint JérômesăN zhārōmˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 23,384), S Que., Canada, on the North River, NW of Montreal. It is an industrial center with woolen and paper mills. Rubber…

Temple, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Temple, city (1990 pop. 46,109), Bell co., central Tex.; inc. 1882. In a rich blackland region, Temple has grain and textile mills, railroad shops, and plants that make computer…

Bhadravati

(Encyclopedia) Bhadravati Bhadravati bədräˈvətē [key], city, Karnataka state, S India, on the Bhadra River. The city…

Pasuruan

(Encyclopedia) Pasuruan or PasoeroeanPasoeroeanboth: päˌs&oomacr;r&oomacr;änˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 152,075), E Java, Indonesia, on Madura Strait. Established by the Dutch in 1707, it…

Kenora

(Encyclopedia) KenoraKenorakənôˈrə [key], town (1991 pop. 9,782), W Ont., Canada, at the north end of the Lake of the Woods. There are fish-processing plants and lumber, flour, pulp, and paper mills…

Sakai

(Encyclopedia) SakaiSakaisäkīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 807,765), Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay at the mouth of the Yamato River. An industrial center, it has engineering, iron- and…

Shaw, Run Run

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Run Run, 1907–2014, Chinese film mogul, best known of the six Shaw brothers who founded an Asian movie empire. In Shanghai, he and his elder brother Runme Shaw made their first…