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Livonia, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Livonia lĭvōnˈyə [key], city (1990 pop. 100,850), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; founded 1835, inc. 1950. Among its manufactures are transportation equipment, plastic and steel products...

Lyons, village, United States

(Encyclopedia)Lyons līˈənz [key], village (1990 pop. 9,828), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago, on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1888. Lyons was settled at the edge of an early travel route, the p...

Derby, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Derby dûrˈbē [key]. <1> city (2020 pop. 12,325), New Haven co., SW Conn., at the con...

Derry, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Derry, town (2020 pop. 34,317), Rockingham co., SE N.H.; set off from Londonderry 1827. Rapid population growth has changed it from a small town to a su...

Alhambra, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Alhambra ălhămˈbrə [key], city (2020 pop. 82,868), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb E of Los Angeles; inc. 1903. It has iron and aluminum foundries and manufactures...

Deerfield, towns, United States

(Encyclopedia)Deerfield. 1 Village (2020 pop. 18,456), Cook and Lake counties, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1903. The huge Sara Lee Bakery, which ...

Deerfield, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Deerfield, river, 70 mi (113 km) long, rising in S Vt. and flowing S into NW Mass., then SE to the Connecticut River at Greenfield, Mass. The river has extensive hydroelectric facilities but is also a...

Delaware, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Delaware dĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island). It is bordered by Maryland (W, S), and th...

Delaware, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Delaware dĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], city (2020 pop. 41,302), seat of Delaware co., central Ohio, on the ...
 

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