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Kilmainham

(Encyclopedia) KilmainhamKilmainhamkĭlmānˈəm [key], suburb of Dublin, Co. Dublin, E Republic of Ireland. The commander of the British forces in Ireland had his headquarters in Kilmainham. Charles…

Kingsville

(Encyclopedia) Kingsville, city (1990 pop. 25,276), seat of Kleberg co., S Tex.; inc. 1911. It is headquarters of the gigantic King Ranch. The city is a processing center for cotton, livestock,…

Banff

(Encyclopedia) Banff Banff bămf, bănf [key], town, SW Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts., on the Bow River and the…

Rutland, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Rutland, city (1990 pop. 18,230), seat of Rutland co., W Vt., at the junction of Otter and East creeks; settled c.1770, inc. as a city 1892. It is a trade and tourist center with many…

Saint George's

(Encyclopedia) Saint George's or Saint George, town (1991 pop. 4,439), capital of Grenada, in the West Indies. A port town on a deep and beautiful harbor, it is the administrative headquarters of the…

Offutt Air Force Base

(Encyclopedia) Offutt Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 1,907 acres (772 hectares), E Neb., S of Omaha; est. 1896 as Fort Crook, an army base. Converted to an airbase in the early 1900s and…

Tete

(Encyclopedia) TeteTetetāˈtə, tāˈtā [key], town (1997 pop. 101,984), capital of Tete province, W central Mozambique, on the Zambezi River. It is a trade center, with a bridge across that Zambezi that…

Ambala

(Encyclopedia) Ambala Ambala əmbäˈlə [key], city, Haryana state, NW India. It is a district administrative headquarters, a military station, and a transportation center,…

Corvallis

(Encyclopedia) Corvallis Corvallis kôrvălˈĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 59,730), seat of Benton co., NW Oreg., on the…

Ghazipur

(Encyclopedia) Ghazipur Ghazipur gäˈzēp&oobreve;rˌ [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the…