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monorail

(Encyclopedia) monorail, railway system that uses cars that run on a single rail. Typically the rail is run overhead and the cars are either suspended from it or run above it. Driving power is…

Newham

(Encyclopedia) NewhamNewhamny&oomacr;ˈəm, n&oomacr;ˈ– [key], outer borough (1991 pop. 200,200) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. Newham is residential in the northeast. The…

Burle Marx, Roberto

(Encyclopedia) Burle Marx, Roberto, 1909–1994, Brazilian landscape architect. As an art student he visited (1928) Berlin's botanical gardens and became interested in tropical plants. Upon returning…

Aichi

(Encyclopedia) Aichi Aichi īˈchē [key], prefecture, 1,962 sq mi (5,082 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. Bounded on the S and W by Ise Bay, Aichi consists of a coastal plain (…

Nome

(Encyclopedia) NomeNomenōm [key], city (1990 pop. 3,500), W Alaska, on the southern side of Seward Peninsula, on Norton Sound; founded c.1898, when gold was discovered on the beach there. It is the…

Perpignan

(Encyclopedia) PerpignanPerpignanpĕrpēnyäNˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 108,049), capital of Pyrénées-Orientales dept., S France, near the Spanish border and the Mediterranean. It is a farm trade center,…

Quy Nhon

(Encyclopedia) Quy Nhon or Qui NhonQui Nhonboth: kwē nyôn [key], city (1989 est. pop. 201,972), SE Vietnam, on the South China Sea coast. Quy Nhon is a growing commercial and industrial center that…

Ouagadougou

(Encyclopedia) Ouagadougou or WagaduguWagaduguboth: wägəd&oomacr;ˈg&oomacr; [key], city (1991 est. pop. 634,500), capital of Burkina Faso. It is the nation's largest city and its…

Colleyville

(Encyclopedia) Colleyville, city (2020 pop. 26,057), Tarrant co., NE Tex.; inc. 1956. A residential suburb located between Dallas and Fort Worth, the…

Gary

(Encyclopedia) Gary, city (2020 pop. 69,093), Lake co., NW Ind., a port of entry on Lake Michigan; inc. 1909. Gary was founded by the U.S. Steel…