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Pudsey

(Encyclopedia) PudseyPudseypŭdˈsē, –zē [key], town (1991 pop. 42,886), Leeds metropolitan district, N England. The town is a center of woolen and textile industries. A Moravian school and settlement…

Purulia

(Encyclopedia) PuruliaPuruliap&oobreve;r&oomacr;lˈyə [key], town (1991 pop. 92,574), West Bengal state, E central India. It is a district administrative center and has a major agricultural…

Nellore

(Encyclopedia) NelloreNellorenĕlōrˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 316,606), Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Penner River. Nellore is a district administrative center and a market for cotton and…

Muzaffarnagar

(Encyclopedia) MuzaffarnagarMuzaffarnagarm&oobreve;zŭfˈfəränŭgˌər [key], town (1991 pop. 240,057), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. It is the district administrative center of a wheat- and…

Mengzi

(Encyclopedia) Mengzi or Meng-tzuMeng-tzuboth: mŭng-dzŭ [key], city, SE Yunnan prov., China, c.12 mi (20 km) E of Gejiu. It is the commercial hub of a district where tin and antimony are mined.

Corby

(Encyclopedia) Corby, town and district, Northamptonshire, central England. Situated over one of the world's largest ironstone fields, Corby has grown…

Dhule

(Encyclopedia) Dhule Dhule d&oomacr;ˈlē [key], city, Maharashtra state, W central India, on the Panjhra River…

Borinage

(Encyclopedia) BorinageBorinagebôrēnäzhˈ [key], region, Hainaut prov., S Belgium, surrounding Mons and extending to the French border. Traditionally a coal-mining district, most of the mines have…

Warangal

(Encyclopedia) WarangalWarangalvərŭngˈgəl [key], city (1991 pop. 467,757), central Telangana state, SE India. It is a district administrative center, a rail junction, and a market town for grain and…

Thirlmere

(Encyclopedia) Thirlmere, lake, c.3 mi (5 km) long, in the Lake District, Cumbria, NW England, near Keswick. In 1894, through the construction of a high dam (which raised the water level c.50 ft/15 m…