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jewelry

(Encyclopedia) jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace,…

necklace

(Encyclopedia) necklace: see jewelry.

Peretti, Elsa

(Encyclopedia) Peretti, Elsa, 1940-2021, Italian model and jewelry designer, b. Florence, Italy. After studying interior design and working as an…

cameo

(Encyclopedia) cameocameokămˈēō [key], small relief carving, usually on striated precious or semiprecious stones or on shell. The design, often a portrait head, is commonly cut in the light-colored…

Lynnwood

(Encyclopedia) Lynnwood, city (1990 pop. 28,695), Snohomish co., W central Wash., a residential and industrial suburb of Seattle; inc. 1959. Aerospace parts, communications and electrical equipment,…

Johnston

(Encyclopedia) Johnston, town (1990 pop. 26,542), Providence co., N central R.I., a suburb of Providence; inc. 1759. Among its manufactures are jewelry, textiles, and fabricated metals. Johnston is…

Dindigul

(Encyclopedia) Dindigul Dindigul dĭnˈdĭgĕl [key], city, Tamil Nadu state, S India. It is a railroad junction and a…

Attleboro

(Encyclopedia) Attleboro Attleboro ătˈəlbərə [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 46,461), Bristol co., SE Mass., near the R.I. line; settled 1634, inc. as a city 1914. Its…

Saint Clair Shores

(Encyclopedia) Saint Clair Shores, city (1990 pop. 68,107), Macomb co., SE Mich., a residential suburb adjacent to Detroit, on Lake St. Clair; settled 18th cent. by the French, inc. 1925.…

Jablonec nad Nisou

(Encyclopedia) Jablonec nad NisouJablonec nad Nisouyäˈblônĕts nät nĭˈsô&oobreve; [key], Ger. Gablonz, city (1991 pop. 45,937), N central Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the Lausitzer Neisse. It…