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Agawam

(Encyclopedia) Agawam Agawam ăgˈəwäm [key], town (2020 pop. 28,692), Hampden co., S Mass., on the Connecticut River; settled 1636, inc. 1855. Largely residential, the town…

Yarmouth, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Yarmouth, resort town (1990 pop. 21,174), Barnstable co., SE Mass., on the south shore of Cape Cod; settled and inc. 1639. The main street of this residential town is lined with well-…

Wick

(Encyclopedia) Wick, town (1991 pop. 7,770), Highland, N Scotland, on Wick Bay at the mouth of the Wick River. The town consists of the villages of Louisburgh, Old Wick, and Pulteneytown. It is an…

Summerside

(Encyclopedia) Summerside, town (1991 pop. 7,474), SW Prince Edward Island, Canada, on Bedeque Bay, an arm of Northumberland Strait. The Island's second largest city, it is a tourist center and port…

Stargard Szczeciński

(Encyclopedia) Stargard SzczecińskiStargard Szczecińskistärˈgärt shchĕchēNˈskē [key], formerly Stargard in PommernStargard Szczecińskiĭn pôˈmərn [key], town (1994 est. pop. 72,000),…

Quelimane

(Encyclopedia) QuelimaneQuelimanekĕlĭmäˈnē [key], town (1989 est. pop. 78,500), capital of Zambézia province, E central Mozambique, a seaport on the Rio dos Bons Sinais near its mouth in the Indian…

Bar Harbor

(Encyclopedia) Bar Harbor, town (2020 pop. 5,089), SE Maine, on Mount Desert Island and on Frenchman Bay; settled 1763, inc. 1796. It was…

Peterhead

(Encyclopedia) PeterheadPeterheadpētərhĕdˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 16,804), Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, on a peninsula on the North Sea. It is the easternmost town, with a good harbor, of Scotland.…

Bagrationovsk

(Encyclopedia) BagrationovskBagrationovskbəgrŭˌtyēôˈnəfsk [key], town, NW European Russia, formerly in East Prussia, on the Polish border. Its German name was Eylau or Preussisch Eylau. It is a rail…

Kotor

(Encyclopedia) KotorKotorkôˈtôr [key], Ital. Cattaro, city (2011 pop. 22,601), SE Montenegro, on the Bay of Kotor, an inlet of the Adriatic. It is a seaport and a tourist center. The town was…