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Kissimmee
(Encyclopedia)Kissimmee kĭsĭmˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 30,050), Osceola co., central Fla., on Lake Tohopekaliga. Located in an important agricultural area, it is a major processing, packaging, and shipping cent...Napa
(Encyclopedia)Napa năpˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 61,842), seat of Napa co., W Calif., on the Napa River; inc. 1872. There are wineries and factories that produce medical and electronic equipment, beverages, appar...Murrumbidgee
(Encyclopedia)Murrumbidgee mərəmbĭjˈē [key], river, c.1,050 mi (1,690 km) long, rising in the Australian Alps, SE New South Wales, Australia, and flowing generally W to the Murray River on the Victoria border....Hemet
(Encyclopedia)Hemet hĕmˈĭt [key], city (2020 pop. 89,833), Riverside co., S Calif., in the San Jacinto v...Fort Abercrombie
(Encyclopedia)Fort Abercrombie ăbˈərkrŏmˌbē, –krŭmˌbē [key], U.S. army post on the west bank of the Red River, at Abercrombie, N.Dak.; est. 1858. Built to protect settlers in the Red River valley from at...Jubba, river, Africa
(Encyclopedia)Jubba jo͞oˈbä [key], Ital. Giuba, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed at the Ethiopia–Somalia border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Dawa and Genale rivers, both of which rise in the hi...Jaca
(Encyclopedia)Jaca häˈkä [key], town (1990 pop. 10,874), Huesca prov., NE Spain, in Aragón, in the Pyrenees (alt. c.2,700 ft/820 m), near the French border on the Aragón River. A communications center and an e...Elizabethton
(Encyclopedia)Elizabethton, city (2020 pop. 14,546), seat of Carter co., NE Tenn., on the Watauga River; inc. 1799. It is an industrial center where rayon, clothing, ...El Monte
(Encyclopedia)El Monte ĕl mŏnˈtē [key], city (2020 pop. 109,450), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A ...Scranton, George Whitefield
(Encyclopedia)Scranton, George Whitefield, 1811–61, American manufacturer, b. Madison, Conn. With his brother Selden he bought (1839) the lease and stock of the ironworks of Oxford Furnace, near Washington, N.J. ...Browse by Subject
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