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Oh, Sadaharu

(Encyclopedia)Oh, Sadaharu säˌdähärˈo͞o ō [key], 1940–, Japanese baseball player. A first baseman for the Tokyo Giants, he retired after 22 seasons with a lifetime total of 868 home runs, outpacing the Ame...

Ashikaga

(Encyclopedia)Ashikaga äˌshēkäˈgä [key], city, Tochigi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An old silk-weaving center, it is famous for its spinning and nylon textile industries. T...

Keighley

(Encyclopedia)Keighley kēthˈlē [key], town (1991 pop. 49,188), Bradford metropolitan district, N central England, at the junction of the Aire and Worth rivers. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal connects Keighley wit...

Wilkinson, Ellen

(Encyclopedia)Wilkinson, Ellen, 1891?–1947, English politician. Of a working-class family, she graduated from the Univ. of Manchester and became a union organizer. A Labour member of Parliament (1924–31, 1935�...

Calabar

(Encyclopedia)Calabar kăləbärˈ, kălˈəbär [key], city (1991 est. pop. 154,000), SE Nigeria, a port on an estuary of the Gulf of Guinea. Rubber is processed, and palm oil, cacao, rubber, and timber are export...

Boulder, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Boulder, city (2020 pop. 330,758), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of th...

Slough

(Encyclopedia)Slough slou [key], borough and unitary authority (1991 pop. 106,341), central England. After World War I, residential Slough and its outlying area underwent rapid industrial development, owing in part...

Saratoga

(Encyclopedia)Saratoga, residential city (1990 pop. 28,061), Santa Clara co., W Calif., in a vineyard and orchard area, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mts.; inc. 1956. Wine is produced in the city; local attrac...

cassone

(Encyclopedia)cassone käs-sôˈnā [key], the Italian term for chest or coffer, usually a bridal or dower chest, highly ornate and given prominence in the home. Major artists such as Uccello and Botticelli painted...

Reykholt

(Encyclopedia)Reykholt rākˈhôltˌ [key], farm, SW Iceland, famous since the Middle Ages as the home of the historian Snorri Sturluson, author of the Prose Edda (see Edda). ...