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Colonial Heights

(Encyclopedia) Colonial Heights, city (2020 pop. 18,170), in, but independent of, Chesterfield co., SE Va.; inc. as a city 1948. Chemicals, metal…

Consumers' Union

(Encyclopedia) Consumers' Union, product testing and rating organization founded (1936) to provide consumers with information and counsel regarding major retail goods and services. Through its…

Cowes

(Encyclopedia) Cowes Cowes kouz [key], town, Isle of Wight, S England. A resort town with lovely…

Jasper National Park

(Encyclopedia) Jasper National Park, 4,200 sq mi (10,878 sq km), W Alta., Canada, in the Canadian Rocky Mts.; est. 1907. It is the second largest of the Canadian scenic national parks and contains…

Long Island University

(Encyclopedia) Long Island University, main campus at Brooklyn, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1926, opened 1927. It also includes C. W. Post College (est. 1954) at Brookville, Long Island, a campus…

Chiayi

(Encyclopedia) Chiayi Chiayi jyäˈyēˈ [key] or Chiai Chiayi…

Dalton

(Encyclopedia) Dalton, city (2020 pop. 34,417), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly…

Aligarh

(Encyclopedia) Aligarh Aligarh əlēgŭrˈ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. A district administrative headquarters and an important agricultural trade center…

Morrisville

(Encyclopedia) Morrisville, borough (1990 pop. 9,765), Bucks co., SE Pa., on the Delaware River opposite Trenton, N.J.; settled c.1624 by the Dutch West India Company, inc. 1804. Water pumps,…

Bila Tserkva

(Encyclopedia) Bila Tserkva Bila Tserkva byēˈlä tsĕrkˈvä [key], Rus. Belaya Tserkov, city in central Ukraine, on…