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(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…