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Inuyama

(Encyclopedia)Inuyama ēno͞oyäˈmä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kiso River. ...

Hamamatsu

(Encyclopedia)Hamamatsu hämäˈmätso͞o [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. An important ...

Handa

(Encyclopedia)Handa hänˈdä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on the Chita Peninsul...

Holon

(Encyclopedia)Holon hōlônˈ [key], city, W central Israel. Manufactures include textiles, metal and leath...

Greiz

(Encyclopedia)Greiz grīts [key], city, Thuringia, central E Germany, on the White Elster River. Manufactur...

Andalusia, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Andalusia, ăndəlo͞oˈshə, –zhə [key]city, seat of Covington co., S Ala., in a farming and forestry area; inc. 1844. Its manufactures include processed peanuts and ...

Mollendo

(Encyclopedia)Mollendo mōyĕnˈdō [key], town (1993 pop. 26,724), S Peru, a port on the Pacific Ocean. Mollendo exports wool and has industries producing cement, textiles, canned fish, and cheese. It is also a po...

Monfalcone

(Encyclopedia)Monfalcone mōnfälkôˈnā [key], city (1991 pop. 27,223), in Friuli–Venezia Giulia, extreme NE Italy, near the Adriatic Sea. Manufactures of this modern industrial center include ships, airplanes,...

Neumünster

(Encyclopedia)Neumünster noIˈmünˌstər [key], city (1994 pop. 82,014), Schleswig-Holstein, N central Germany. It is a transportation and industrial center; manufactures include machinery, textiles, leather, and...

Nobeoka

(Encyclopedia)Nobeoka nōbāōˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 130,624), Miyazaki prefecture, E Kyushu, Japan, on the mouth of the Gokase River. It is a commercial and fishing port and a production center for chemicals...