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Calumet City

(Encyclopedia) Calumet City, city (2020 pop. 36,033), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, near Ind.; settled 1868,…

Basildon

(Encyclopedia) Basildon Basildon băˈzəldən [key], city and district, Essex, E England. The southern portion is…

Sierra Madre, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Sierra MadreSierra Madresēĕrˈə mäˈdrā [key], residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing.

Baní

(Encyclopedia) Baní Baní bänēˈ [key], city, Peravia prov., S Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and…

needle

(Encyclopedia) needle, implement of metal or other material used to carry the thread in sewing and in various forms of needlework and manufacturing. The earliest needles were merely awls or punches.…

Arvada

(Encyclopedia) Arvada Arvada ärvădˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 124,402), Jefferson and Adams counties, N central Colo., a suburb of Denver; inc. 1904. Primarily residential,…

Mol

(Encyclopedia) MolMolmôl [key], commune (1991 pop. 30,763), Antwerp prov., N Belgium, near the Dutch border; founded in the 9th cent. It is a manufacturing city and the site of a Euratom nuclear…

Chaux-de-Fonds, La

(Encyclopedia) Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds, La lä shō-də-fôNˈ [key], city, Neuchâtel canton, NW Switzerland, in…

Denain

(Encyclopedia) Denain Denain dənăNˈ [key], city, Nord dept., N France. It has ironworks, steel mills, and…