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Castile and León

(Encyclopedia) Castile and León Castile and León –lāōnˈ [key], autonomous community, 36,381 sq mi (94,227 sq km), N…

Seaside

(Encyclopedia) Seaside. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,901), Monterey co., W Calif., on Monterey Bay, in a fruit region; founded 1887, inc. 1954. Its economy is based largely upon tourism. California State…

Chicago Heights

(Encyclopedia) Chicago Heights, city (2020 pop. 28,860), Cook co., NE Ill., S of Chicago; settled in the 1830s, inc. as a city 1901. It is an…

New Hyde Park

(Encyclopedia) New Hyde Park, village (1990 pop. 9,728), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island; inc. 1927. It is a residential community with some manufacturing and truck farms. Nearby is the uninc.…

Palos Verdes Estates

(Encyclopedia) Palos Verdes EstatesPalos Verdes Estatespălˈəs vûrˈdēz [key], city (1990 pop. 13,512), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1939. It is a residential community.

Manhattan Beach

(Encyclopedia) Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories…

Storrs

(Encyclopedia) StorrsStorrsstôrz [key], community (1990 pop. 12,198), a part of the town of Mansfield, Tolland co., NE Conn. It is the seat of the Univ. of Connecticut.

White Oak

(Encyclopedia) White Oak, uninc. community (1990 pop. 18,671), Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, central Md., in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. The site of the former Naval Ordnance Laboratory…

Nokia

(Encyclopedia) NokiaNokianōˈkēä [key], town (1996 pop. 26,326), Western Finland prov., SW Finland, on Lake Näsijärvi. It is an industrial community where wood and rubber products are manufactured.

Anjo

(Encyclopedia) Anjo Anjo änjōˈ [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. Once a model farm community producing rice, wheat, poultry, and cattle, Anjo is now…