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Fort Frances

(Encyclopedia) Fort Frances, town, SW Ont., Canada, on Rainy River, opposite International Falls, Minn. It is chiefly a lumbering center with sawmills…

Funabashi

(Encyclopedia) Funabashi Funabashi f&oomacr;näˈbäshē [key], city, Chiba prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on…

Campbellton

(Encyclopedia) Campbellton Campbellton kămˈbəltən [key], city, N N.B., Canada, on the Restigouche River near the head…

Cárdenas

(Encyclopedia) Cárdenas, city (1994 est. pop. 63,000), N central Cuba, Matanzas prov., a port on Cárdenas Bay. It processes and exports sugar and sisal and has industries producing tobacco, beer, and…

Burlingame

(Encyclopedia) Burlingame, city (2020 pop. 31,386), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; founded 1868, inc. 1908. Burlingame is mainly…

Butuan

(Encyclopedia) Butuan Butuan b&oomacr;t&oomacr;ˈän [key], city, capital of Agusan del Norte prov., NE Mindanao…

Adour

(Encyclopedia) AdourAdouräd&oomacr;rˈ [key], river, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in the Pyrenees of Gascony, SW France. It flows north and then west in a wide arc past Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Aire,…

Cairns

(Encyclopedia) Cairns, city and region, Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other…

Midland, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Midland, town (1991 pop. 13,865), S Ont., Canada, on Georgian Bay, NW of Toronto. Midland is a port and has grain elevators and plants that manufacture textiles, cameras, optical goods…

National City

(Encyclopedia) National City, city (1990 pop. 54,249), San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1887. Structural metal is fabricated, and there is shipbuilding and the manufacture of recycling…