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Ehime

(Encyclopedia) Ehime Ehime āhēˈmā [key], prefecture, 2,188 sq mi (5,667 sq km), NE Shikoku, Japan. Matsuyama is the…

Hamden

(Encyclopedia) Hamden, town (2020 pop. 61,169), New Haven co., S Conn.; inc. 1786. The town, settled c.1638, was named for John Hampden, the…

Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia) Sikorsky, Igor IvanovichSikorsky, Igor Ivanovichsĭkôrˈskē [key], 1889–1972, American aeronautical engineer, b. Kiev, Russia. He immigrated to the United States in 1919 and was…

Oshawa

(Encyclopedia) OshawaOshawaŏshˈəwə [key], city (1991 pop. 129,344), SE Ont., Canada, a port on Lake Ontario; since 1974 it has been part of the regional municipality of Durham (1991 pop. 409,070).…

Paducah

(Encyclopedia) PaducahPaducahpədy&oomacr;ˈkə, –d&oomacr;ˈ– [key], city (1990 pop. 27,256), seat of McCracken co., SW Ky., on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Tennessee River; inc. as a city…

nuisance

(Encyclopedia) nuisance, in law, an act that, without legal justification, interferes with safety, comfort, or the use of property. A private nuisance (e.g., erecting a wall that shuts off a neighbor…

Fano

(Encyclopedia) Fano Fano fäˈnō [key], city, in the Marche, central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a…

Bellingham

(Encyclopedia) Bellingham Bellingham bĕlˈĭnghămˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 91,482), seat of Whatcom co., NW Wash., a port…

Tuscaloosa

(Encyclopedia) TuscaloosaTuscaloosatəskəl&oomacr;ˈsə [key], city (1990 pop. 77,759), seat of Tuscaloosa co., W central Ala., on the Black Warrior River; inc. 1819. It is a transportation and…

blueprint

(Encyclopedia) blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth…