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Changhua

(Encyclopedia)Changhua or Changhwa both: jängˈhwäˈ [key], city, central Taiwan. It is a transportat...

Veles

(Encyclopedia)Veles vĕlˈĕs [key], town (1994 pop. 56,751), North Macedonia, on the Vardar River. It is a road and rail junction and the market center for a fruit- and vegetable-producing region. An ancient town,...

Roseburg

(Encyclopedia)Roseburg, city (1990 pop. 17,032), seat of Douglas co., SW Oreg.; inc. 1872. It has an important lumbering industry and handles the diversified produce of nearby cattle ranches and fruit orchards. Oth...

Quiriguá

(Encyclopedia)Quiriguá kērēgwäˈ, kērēwäˈ [key], city of the Classic epoch of the Maya, E Guatemala. It is famous for its zoomorphics. Its stone steles have fine hieroglyphs. Near the ruins the United Fruit...

fly, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)fly, name commonly used for any of a variety of winged insects, but properly restricted to members of the order Diptera, the true flies, which includes the housefly, gnat, midge, mosquito, and tsetse ...

cucumber

(Encyclopedia)cucumber, fruit of Cucumis sativus, a species of gourd whose many varieties are descended from a plant native to Asia and Africa. Cucumber is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliops...

Kindia

(Encyclopedia)Kindia kĭnˈdyə [key], town (1996 pop. 287,607), W Guinea. A rail and road hub, Kindia is the trade center for an area where bananas, manioc, rice, fruits, and vegetables are grown and bauxite is mi...

Killingly

(Encyclopedia)Killingly kĭlˈĭng-lē [key], town (1990 pop. 15,889), Windham co., NE Conn., on the Quinebaug River and the R.I. border, in a farm area; settled 1693, inc. 1708. It is an active dairy and livestock...

Tulare

(Encyclopedia)Tulare təlârˈ, to͞olârˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 33,249), Tulare co., S central Calif., in the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1888. It is a processing and shipping center for a farm (grapes, fruit, nu...

Ukiah

(Encyclopedia)Ukiah yo͞okīˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 14,599), seat of Mendocino co., W Calif., on the Russian River; inc. 1876. Fruit is packed and shipped from Ukiah, and wine is made. Livestock is also raised,...