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Lock Haven

(Encyclopedia) Lock Haven, industrial city (1990 pop. 9,230), seat of Clinton co., N central Pa., on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River at the junction of Bald Eagle Creek, in an agricultural…

Mineral Wells

(Encyclopedia) Mineral Wells, city (1990 pop. 14,870), Palo Pinto and Parker counties, N Tex.; inc. 1882. Aluminum products, bottled mineral water, clothing, and pharmaceuticals are produced, and…

Ekibastuz

(Encyclopedia) Ekibastuz Ekibastuz ĕkēbäst&oobreve;sˈ [key], city, N Kazakhstan. It is the industrial center of a…

Barbuda

(Encyclopedia) Barbuda, island, 62 sq mi (161 sq km), a dependency of Antigua and Barbuda). Located in the central Leeward Islands, Barbuda lies 25 mi…

Yoruba

(Encyclopedia) YorubaYorubayōˈr&oomacr;bä [key], people of SW Nigeria and Benin, numbering about 20 million. Today many of the large cities in Nigeria (including Lagos, Ibadan, and Abeokuta) are…

Bilbao

(Encyclopedia) Bilbao Bilbao bēlbäˈō [key], city (2021 est. metro area pop. 349,000), capital of Bizkaia…

Moshi

(Encyclopedia) MoshiMoshimōˈshē [key], municipality (2012 pop. 184,292), capital of Kilimanjaro prov., NE Tanzania, on the southern slope of Mt. Kilimanjaro, near Kenya. It is the center of a rich…

French bulldog

(Encyclopedia) French bulldog, breed of small, alert nonsporting dog with batlike ears, developed in France in the second half of the 19th cent. It stands about 12 in. (30.4 cm) high at the shoulder…

Batavia, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Batavia Batavia bətāˈvēə [key], city (2020 pop. 15,600), seat of Genesee co., W N.Y.; inc. 1915. It…

Tabard Inn

(Encyclopedia) Tabard InnTabard Inntăbˈərd [key], in Southwark borough, Greater London, England. The inn, demolished in the 19th cent., was mentioned by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Prologue of the…