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(Encyclopedia)Murom mo͞oˈrəm [key], city (1989 pop. 124,000), W central European Russia, on the Oka River. It is a port and a rail junction, with railroad repair shops and machinery, woodworking, and textile ind...Glasgow, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Glasgow. <1> City (2020 pop. 15,014), seat of Barren co., S central Ky.; inc. 1799. It is an agricultural trade center that relies on dairy, ...Friedrichshafen
(Encyclopedia)Friedrichshafen frēˈdrĭkhs-häˌfən [key], city, Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, a port on Lake ...Jönköping
(Encyclopedia)Jönköping yönˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 76,280), capital of Jönköping co. (1995 pop. 312,490), S Sweden, at the southern end of Lake Vättern. It is a commercial and industrial center. ...Juiz de Fora
(Encyclopedia)Juiz de Fora zhwēzh dĭ fôˈrə [key], city (1996 pop. 423,913), Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil. It is an industrial and commercial city with more than half of the labor force engaged in textile prod...Elbasan
(Encyclopedia)Elbasan ĕlbäsäˈnē [key], town, capital of Elbasan dist., central Albania, on the Shkumbin ...Emporia
(Encyclopedia)Emporia ĕmpôrˈēə [key], city (2020 pop. 24,139), seat of Lyon co., E central Kans., in the ...Altoona
(Encyclopedia)Altoona ălto͞oˈnə [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 43,963), Blair co., central Pa., on the eastern slopes of the Allegheny Mts., near the source of the Juniata River;...Fargo
(Encyclopedia)Fargo, city (2020 pop. 125,990), seat of Cass co., E N.Dak., at the head of navigation on the Red River, opposite Moorhead, Minn.; inc. 1875. A railroad...Snow, John William
(Encyclopedia)Snow, John William, 1939–, U.S. government official and business executive, b. Toledo, Ohio. An economist and lawyer, he held Dept. of Transportation posts in the Nixon and Ford administrations incl...Browse by Subject
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