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Grandville, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Grandville, city (2020 pop. 16,083), Kent co., W Mich., on the Grand River, in a farm area; settled 1833, inc. as a city 1933. Transportation and silver...

Pingquan

(Encyclopedia)Pingquan or Pingchüan both: pĭng-chwän [key], town, NE Hebei prov., China. It is a trade center. Gold and silver are mined nearby. The town was formerly called Bakou (Pakow). ...

hydrogen sulfide

(Encyclopedia)hydrogen sulfide, chemical compound, H2S, a colorless, extremely poisonous gas that has a very disagreeable odor, much like that of rotten eggs. It is slightly soluble in water and is soluble in carbo...

zakat

(Encyclopedia)zakat zə-kätˈ [key] [Arab.,=purification], Islamic religious tax, one of the five basic requirements (arkan or “pillars”) of Islam. All adult Muslims of sound mind and body with a set level of ...

Tabor, Horace Austin Warner

(Encyclopedia)Tabor, Horace Austin Warner tāˈbər [key], 1830–99, American prospector, known as Silver Dollar Tabor, b. Holland, Vt. From the Matchless Mine at Leadville, Colo., he gained tremendous wealth by m...

Cobalt, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Cobalt kōˈbôlt [key], town, E Ont., Canada, NE of Sudbury, near Lake Timiskaming. Once a c...

Créteil

(Encyclopedia)Créteil krātāˈ [key], city, capital of Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, on the Marne ...

Flin Flon

(Encyclopedia)Flin Flon flĭn flŏn [key], city, in Saskatchewan, 330), on the Man.-Sask. border, Canada. It ...

Linares

(Encyclopedia)Linares lēnäˈrās [key], city (1990 pop. 59,150), Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. The rich silver and lead mines nearby have brought prosperity to the city, which now has many metallurgical ind...

Latin Monetary Union

(Encyclopedia)Latin Monetary Union. In 1865, France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland (joined in 1868 by Greece) agreed to regulate their national currencies on a uniform basis, thus making it freely interchangeable...