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(Encyclopedia)Arendal äˈrəndäl [key], city, capital of Aust-Agder co., SE Norway, a port on the Skagerrak. Manufactures include forest products and processed metal, food, and tobacc...Attleboro
(Encyclopedia)Attleboro ătˈəlbərə [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 46,461), Bristol co., SE Mass., near the R.I. line; settled 1634, inc. as a city 1914. Its jewelry industry bega...Hilversum
(Encyclopedia)Hilversum hĭlˈvərsəm [key], city, North Holland prov., central Netherlands. It is the center of ...Girard
(Encyclopedia)Girard jĭrärdˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 9,081), Trumbull co., NE Ohio, adjacent to Youngstow...Granite City
(Encyclopedia)Granite City, city (2020 pop. 27,549), Madison co., SW Ill., an industrial suburb of East St. Louis, on the Mississippi; inc. 1896. It has port and rail...Inkster
(Encyclopedia)Inkster, city (2020 pop. 26,088), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Dearborn, on the Rouge River; settled 1825 as Moulin Rouge, renamed 1863, inc. as a c...Daimiel
(Encyclopedia)Daimiel dīmyĕlˈ [key], town, Ciudad Real prov., central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha. It ...Shoreview
(Encyclopedia)Shoreview, residential village (1990 pop. 24,587), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul; settled 1850, set off from Mounds View and inc. 1957. Built around seven lakes, the village grew consider...Newtown
(Encyclopedia)Newtown, town (1990 pop. 20,779), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on the Housatonic; inc. 1711. Pressure gauges, plastics, and paper and metal products are made, and dairy and fruit farms are in the area. In...Saint Clair Shores
(Encyclopedia)Saint Clair Shores, city (1990 pop. 68,107), Macomb co., SE Mich., a residential suburb adjacent to Detroit, on Lake St. Clair; settled 18th cent. by the French, inc. 1925. Manufactures include jewelr...Browse by Subject
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