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Gosforth

(Encyclopedia) Gosforth Gosforth gŏzˈfərth [key], town, Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan district, NE England…

Chorley

(Encyclopedia) Chorley Chorley chôrˈlē [key], town and district, Lancashire, NW England. Chorley's manufactures…

Langside

(Encyclopedia) Langside, district of Glasgow, S central Scotland. At the battle of Langside (1568) the 1st earl of Murray defeated the forces of Mary Queen of Scots led by Archibald Campbell, 5th…

Vernon, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Vernon, city (1991 pop. 23,514), S British Columbia, Canada, near the north end of Okanagan Lake. The center of a fruit-growing and dairying area, it has packing and dehydrating plants…

Potter's Bar

(Encyclopedia) Potter's Bar, town (1991 pop. 22,755), Hertfordshire, central England, in the Midlands. Potter's Bar is a residential district, most of which is within the Green Belt Zone barred to…

Scheveningen

(Encyclopedia) ScheveningenScheveningenskhāˈvənĭngˌən [key], urban district, The Hague, South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is a popular bathing resort and fishing center.

Amravati

(Encyclopedia) Amravati Amravati əmrävˈətē [key], city, administrative headquarters of Amravati district, Maharashtra state, central India. The city is a growing industrial…

Houghton-le-Spring

(Encyclopedia) Houghton-le-Spring Houghton-le-Spring hōˈtən-lə-sprĭng, houˈ– [key],…

Damoh

(Encyclopedia) Damoh Damoh dəmōˈ [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is a district…

Dingwall

(Encyclopedia) Dingwall Dingwall dĭngˈwôl, –wəl [key], town, Highland, N Scotland, at the head of Cromarty Firth. It…