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Mississauga

(Encyclopedia) MississaugaMississaugamĭsĭsawˈgə [key], city (1991 pop. 463,388), S Ont., Canada, 12 mi (20 km) W of Toronto on Lake Ontario. A residential suburb of Toronto and a growing…

kerosene

(Encyclopedia) kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral oil whose density is between 0.75 and 0.85 grams per cubic centimeter. A mixture of hydrocarbons, it is commonly obtained in the…

Yumen

(Encyclopedia) YumenYumenyü-mŭn [key], city, NW Gansu prov., China. It was long one of China's leading petroleum centers, with oil fields and refineries, but output has steadily declined since the…

benzine

(Encyclopedia) benzinebenzinebĕnˈzēn, bĕnzēnˈ [key], colorless, highly flammable liquid. It is used as a cleaning agent because it is a solvent for organic substances such as fats, oils, and resins…

West Memphis

(Encyclopedia) West MemphisWest Memphismĕmˈfĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 28,259), Crittenden co., NE Ark., next to the Mississippi River (there bridged to Memphis, Tenn.); founded c.1910 as Bragg's Spur…

Nowy Sącz

(Encyclopedia) Nowy SączNowy Sącznôˈvĭ sôNchˈ [key], Ger. Neu-Sandez, city (1993 est. pop. 79,700), Małopolskie prov., SE Poland, on the Dunajec. It is a railway junction and an administrative and…

Illinois Waterway

(Encyclopedia) Illinois Waterway, 336 mi (541 km) long, linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River, N Ill.; an important part of the waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico…

Martinez

(Encyclopedia) MartinezMartinezmärtēˈnəs [key], city (1990 pop. 31,808), seat of Contra Costa co., W Calif., on Carquinez Strait between San Pablo and Suisun bays, in a farm area; inc. 1884. Its…

Aseb

(Encyclopedia) Aseb or Assab Assab äˈsəb [key], town, Eritrea, on the Red Sea. Ethiopia's most important port before Eritrean independence (1993), it continued, through…

Dibrugarh

(Encyclopedia) Dibrugarh Dibrugarh dĭbˈr&oobreve;gər [key], city, Assam state, NE India, at the confluence of the…