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Yaoundé

(Encyclopedia) YaoundéYaoundéyä&oomacr;ndāˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 750,000), capital of Cameroon. It is the country's administrative, financial, and communications center. Manufactures…

Decatur

(Encyclopedia) Decatur. 1 City (2020 pop. 57,938), seat of Morgan co., N Ala., on the Tennessee River; inc. 1826. It has shipyards, port traffic, and…

William Barstow Strong Biography

William Barstow Strongrailroad officialBorn: 1837Birthplace: Brownington, Vt. Having graduated from Bell's Business College in Chicago (1855), he began his career in railroads as a station…

Chauncey VIBBARD, Congress, NY (1811-1891)

VIBBARD Chauncey , a Representative from New York; born in Galway, Saratoga County, N.Y., November 11, 1811; attended the common schools and was graduated from Mott's Academy for Boys, Albany, N.Y…

Edward H. Harriman Biography

Edward H. Harrimanfinancier, railroad executiveBorn: 2/25/1848Birthplace: Hempstead, N.Y. He began his career on Wall Street, but became involved in railroads when he married Mary Averell,…

motel

(Encyclopedia) motel, public lodging establishment for automobile travelers. Motels have traditionally differed from hotels in that the former have facilities for free parking on the premises, are…

Linköping

(Encyclopedia) LinköpingLinköpinglĭnˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 82,450), capital of Östergötland co., S Sweden, near Lake Roxen. It is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center.…

Norilsk

(Encyclopedia) NorilskNorilsknərēlskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 175,000), Krasnoyarsk Territory, N Siberian Russia. The northernmost major city of Russia and the world's second largest city (after…

Aurora, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Aurora Aurora ərôrˈə, ô– [key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 386,261), Adams and Arapahoe counties, N central Colo., a growing suburb on the east side of Denver; inc.…

Arad, city, Romania

(Encyclopedia) Arad Arad ärädˈ [key], city, W Romania, in the Banat, on the Mureşul River, near the Hungarian border. It is an important railroad junction and a leading…