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Esbjerg
(Encyclopedia)Esbjerg ĕsˈbyĕr [key], city, Ribe co., SW Denmark, a port on the North Sea. It is a commer...Junction City
(Encyclopedia)Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and...Kouvola
(Encyclopedia)Kouvola, city (1996 pop. 31,986), located in Kymen prov., SE Finland. It is an important railroad junction on the line running from St. Petersburg to Helsinki and a transportation center for goods hea...Lamesa
(Encyclopedia)Lamesa ləmēˈsə [key], city (1990 pop. 10,809), seat of Dawson co., NW Tex., in the Llano Estacado; inc. 1917. Lamesa is a processing and shipping center for an irrigated area where cattle and hogs...Borger
(Encyclopedia)Borger bôrˈgər [key], city (2020 pop. 12,551), Hutchinson co., extreme N Tex., in the Panh...West Siberian Plain
(Encyclopedia)West Siberian Plain, an extensive region of continuous flatland, N Asia, comprising the western third of Siberia, Russia. It is bounded on the east by the Yenisei River, on the north by the Arctic Oce...Ruston
(Encyclopedia)Ruston rusˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 20,027), seat of Lincoln parish, N La.; settled 1884 as a railroad town and inc. the same year. It is the trading center of a farm, logging, and natural-gas reg...Ufa
(Encyclopedia)Ufa o͞ofäˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 1,082,000), capital of Bashkortostan, E European Russia, at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers. An industrial center in the Urals, Ufa produces electrical...Thornton
(Encyclopedia)Thornton, city (1990 pop. 55,031), Adams co., NE Colo., a residential and industrial suburb of Denver; inc. 1956. Industries include oil and gas development and the production of computer graphics sys...Brookhaven
(Encyclopedia)Brookhaven. 1 City (2020 pop. 11,674), seat of Lincoln co., SW Miss.; inc. 1859. It is situated in a dairy, timber, and farm area. Oil and gas fields ...Browse by Subject
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