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Ems, town, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Ems or Bad Ems bät ĕms [key], town, Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, on the Lahn River. Chartered ...

Faro, town, Portugal

(Encyclopedia)Faro fäˈrō [key], town, capital of Faro dist. and of Algarve, S Portugal. The southernmost...

Elgin, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Elgin, town, Moray, NE Scotland, on the Lossie River. Lossiemouth is its port. Elgin is the market town for Moray's farm belt. Woolen textiles are manuf...

Rochester, town, England

(Encyclopedia)Rochester, town, SE England, on the Medway River, chief town of the borough of Medway, which also includes Chatham and Gillingham. Cement, heavy machinery, electronic equipment, precision tools, and c...

Bangor, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia)Bangor băngˈgôr [key], town (2020 pop. 18,560), Gwynedd, NW Wales, at the northern end of ...

Roman, town, Romania

(Encyclopedia)Roman, town (1990 pop. 78,749), NE Romania, in Moldavia, at the confluence of the Prut and Siretul rivers. Sugar refining and the manufacture of building materials are the chief industries. The town w...

Selkirk, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Selkirk, town (1991 pop. 9,815), SE Man., Canada, on the Red River. Just S of Lake Winnipeg, it is a port for products from N Manitoba. There are steel mills, foundries, and shipyards in the town. It ...

Peebles, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Peebles pēˈbəlz [key], town (1991 pop. 6,750), Scottish Borders, S Scotland, at the confluence of Eddleston Water and the Tweed River. It is a mountain resort and a farm market with woolen mills. R...

Pembroke, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Pembroke pĕmˈbrōk [key], town (1991 pop. 13,997), SE Ont., Canada, NW of Ottawa, on the Ottawa River. It is a lumbering center and also has steel and electric-products factories. ...

Pembroke, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia)Pembroke pĕmˈbro͝ok [key], Welsh Penfro, town (1991 pop. 7,049), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, on an inlet of the Milford Haven estuary. The town is an agricultural market with tourism, ship repairing, ...

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