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Nervi, Pier Luigi
(Encyclopedia)Nervi, Pier Luigi pyĕr lwo͞oēˈjē nĕrˈvē [key], 1891–1979, Italian architectural engineer. Nervi is considered one of the foremost European architectural designers of the 20th cent. His first...Laconia, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Laconia, city (1990 pop. 15,743), seat of Belknap co., central N.H., near lakes Winnisquam and Winnipesaukee and on the Winnipesaukee River; settled c.1761, inc. as a city 1893. It is a popular summer...Mitchell
(Encyclopedia)Mitchell, city (1990 pop. 13,798), seat of Davison co., SE S.Dak.; inc. 1881. Mitchell is a trade, distribution, and shipping center for a dairy and livestock area. Its industries include food process...Harahan
(Encyclopedia)Harahan hârˈəhănˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 9,116), Jefferson parish, SE La., a suburb of New ...Gosport
(Encyclopedia)Gosport gŏsˈpôrt [key], city and district, Hampshire, S England. The city is a major port ...Poplar Bluff
(Encyclopedia)Poplar Bluff, city (1990 pop. 16,996), seat of Butler co., SE Mo., in the Ozark foothills, on the low bluffs of the Black River near the Ark. line; inc. 1870. It is a trade, shipping, and medical cent...Neuwied
(Encyclopedia)Neuwied noiˈvētˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 65,047), Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, a port at the confluence of the Rhine and Wied rivers. Manufactures of this industrial city include building materi...Palu
(Encyclopedia)Palu, city (2010 pop. 310,168) and port, capital of Central Sulawesi prov., Sulawesi, Indonesia. Located in an area of coconut, coffee, and cocoa farms, it has food-processing, fishing, and boat-build...Tehuantepec, Isthmus of
(Encyclopedia)Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, c.125 mi (200 km) wide at its narrowest, S Mexico, between the Gulf of Campeche and the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It is mostly a rolling, tropical lowland with the lowest pass elev...Greenwich, borough, Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia)Greenwich grĭnˈīj, grĕnˈ– [key], inner borough of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. ...Browse by Subject
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