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Bacabal

(Encyclopedia)Bacabal bəkəbälˈ [key], city, Maranhão state, NE Brazil, on the Mearim River. Babassu nu...

Black Warrior, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Black Warrior, navigable river, 178 mi (286 km) long, rising in N central Ala. and flowing generally SW to the Tombigbee River. The Black Warrior drains a coal- and cotton-producing area, but these in...

Hooker, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Hooker, Thomas, 1586–1647, Puritan clergyman in the American colonies, chief founder of Hartford, Conn., b. Leicestershire, England. A clergyman, he was ordered to appear before the court of high co...

Ichinomiya

(Encyclopedia)Ichinomiya ēchĭnōˈmēyä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial ...

Forrest City

(Encyclopedia)Forrest City, city (2020 pop. 13,015), seat of St. Francis co., E central Ark., at the foot of Crowley's Ridge; inc. 1871. It is a rail and trade center...

McComb

(Encyclopedia)McComb, city (1990 pop. 11,591), Pike co., SW Miss., near the La. line; inc. 1872. It is the trade and rail center of a cotton, corn, soybean, cattle, and timber area. Manufactures include wire and te...

Robstown

(Encyclopedia)Robstown, city (1990 pop. 12,849), Nueces co., S Tex.; inc. 1912. It is a railroad junction and a packing and shipping center for a blackland region that produces cotton, sorghum, and oil. There is oi...

Yegorevsk

(Encyclopedia)Yegorevsk yĭgôˈryəfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 74,000), W central European Russia. It is a cotton-milling and textile center and also produces machine tools. ...

Cleburne

(Encyclopedia)Cleburne, city (2020 pop. 31,352), seat of Johnson co., N Tex.; inc. 1907. It is a rail, processing, and medical center in a farming area. The city has ...

Amravati

(Encyclopedia)Amravati əmrävˈətē [key], city, administrative headquarters of Amravati district, Maharashtra state, central India. The city is a growing industrial center, with majo...