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Down

(Encyclopedia) Down, district, 246 sq mi (637 sq km), SE Northern Ireland. The principal town is Downpatrick. The shoreline extends along the Irish Sea…

Kleve

(Encyclopedia) KleveKleveklēv [key], Cleve or Eng. Cleves, city (1994 pop. 44,780), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, near the Dutch border. Tourism is important in the city, and its manufactures…

Karan, Donna

(Encyclopedia) Karan, Donna, 1948–, American fashion designer, b. Forest Hills, N.Y., as Donna Faske. Daughter of a tailor and a garment saleswoman, she started to design clothes as a teenager and…

lewisite

(Encyclopedia) lewisitelewisitel&oomacr;ˈəsītˌ [key], liquid chemical compound used as a poison gas. Like mustard gas and nitrogen mustard, it is a blistering agent; when inhaled, it is a…

Montluçon

(Encyclopedia) MontluçonMontluçonmôNlüsôNˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 46,660), Allier dept., central France, on the Cher River. Industry developed in the 19th cent. because of nearby coal fields in…

Bielefeld

(Encyclopedia) Bielefeld Bielefeld bēˈləfĕlt [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, N central Germany. It has been…

Orenburg

(Encyclopedia) OrenburgOrenburgəryĭnb&oomacr;rkˈ [key], formerly ChkalovChkalovchkäˈləf [key], city (1989 pop. 547,000), capital of Orenburg region, Central Asian Russia, on the Ural River. It is…

Peekskill

(Encyclopedia) Peekskill, city (1990 pop. 19,536), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River; settled 1665, inc. as a village 1816, as a city 1940. Clothing, leather goods, lighting fixtures, and…

Stillwater

(Encyclopedia) Stillwater. 1 City (1990 pop. 13,822), seat of Washington co., E Minn., on the St. Croix River; inc. 1854. Boats, metal products, signs, computer supplies, molding and tools, and…

fashion

(Encyclopedia) fashion, in dress, the prevailing mode affecting modifications in costume. Styles in Asia have been characterized by freedom from change, and ancient Greek and Roman dress preserved…