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Hamilton, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Hamilton, city, S Ont., Canada, at the western end of Lake Ontario. It is situated on a narrow plain between its harbor (connected by canal with the lak...

Hamm, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Hamm häm [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Lippe River, in the Ruhr d...

Halifax, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Halifax, city and regional municipality, provincial capital, S central N.S., Canada, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest city in the Maritime Provi...

Hanno, city, Japan

(Encyclopedia)Hanno hän-nō [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Naguri River. I...

Hanover, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Hanover, Ger. Hannover, city, capital of Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Leine River and the Midland Canal. It is a major industrial, commercial, ...

Freeport, city, Bahamas

(Encyclopedia)Freeport, city, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. A popular resort area, it developed out of a 1955 agreement between the Bahamian colonial government and a...

Granada, city, Nicaragua

(Encyclopedia)Granada gränäˈᵺä [key], city, W Nicaragua, on Lake Nicaragua. It is Nicaragua's third l...

Granada, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia)Granada, city, capital of Granada prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, at the confluence of the Darro and Genil rivers. Formerly (17th cent.) a silk center, Gr...

Glasgow, city, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Glasgow glăsˈgō, –kō, glăzˈgō [key], city and council area, S central Scotla...

Gloucester, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester glŏsˈtər, glôˈstər [key], city and district, Gloucestershire, W central England, on the ...