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Levallois-Perret

(Encyclopedia)Levallois-Perret ləvälwäˈ-pĕrāˈ [key], residential and industrial suburb of Paris (1990 pop. 47,788), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River. Automobiles, electrical and rad...

Livonia, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Livonia lĭvōnˈyə [key], city (1990 pop. 100,850), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; founded 1835, inc. 1950. Among its manufactures are transportation equipment, plastic and steel products...

Munich, Technical University of

(Encyclopedia)Munich, Technical University of, at Munich, Germany; founded 1868 by King Ludwig II, acquired its present name 1970. It has three main campuses, with faculties of architecture, business administration...

Hope

(Encyclopedia)Hope, city (2020 pop. 9,425), seat of Hempstead co., SW Ark. Hope is a commercial center and a distribution point for an agricultural region. Its indust...

Heda, Willem Claasz

(Encyclopedia)Heda, Willem Claasz vĭlˈəm kläs hāˈdä [key], 1594–c.1678, Dutch still-life painter. His excellent studies of tables laden with food, called ontbijt [breakfast piece] still life, are seen in m...

Frauenfeld

(Encyclopedia)Frauenfeld frouˈənfĕlt [key], city, capital of Thurgau canton, NE Switzerland, on the Murg River. ...

Great Grimsby

(Encyclopedia)Great Grimsby or Grimsby, city, North East Lincolnshire, E central England, at the mouth of the Humber River. It is one of the largest fishing ports...

Governador Valadares

(Encyclopedia)Governador Valadares go͝ovərnədo͞orˈ vələᵺäˈrəs [key], city, Minas Gerais...

Huainan

(Encyclopedia)Huainan hwī-nän [key], city (1994 est. pop. 769,200), N central Anhui prov., China. Established after 1949 as the center of China's chief coal-mining region, it is the site of a major colliery. Chem...

Datia

(Encyclopedia)Datia dŭˈtēä [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, N central India. It is a district adminis...