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Corsicana

(Encyclopedia)Corsicana kôrsĭkănˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 25,109), seat of Navarro co., E central Tex.; inc. ...

Gyeonggi

(Encyclopedia)Gyeonggi or Kyonggi gyŭngˈgēˈ [key], province, NW South Korea. Suwon is the capital. The province ...

hotbed

(Encyclopedia)hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipe...

Charleroi

(Encyclopedia)Charleroi shärlərwäˈ [key], city, Hainaut prov., S Belgium, on the Sambre River and on the ...

Karlovy Vary

(Encyclopedia)Karlovy Vary kärˈlôvĭ väˈrĭ [key], Ger. Karlsbad, city (1991 pop. 56,222), NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, at the confluence of the Teplá and Ohře rivers. A famous health resort, Karlovy Vary ...

Jhelum, town, Pakistan

(Encyclopedia)Jhelum jāˈlo͝om [key], town (1981 pop. 92,646), NE Pakistan, on the Jhelum River. Located on the main railroad and road on Punjab piedmont plain, it is an important market for timber, and has sawmi...

Belluschi, Pietro

(Encyclopedia)Belluschi, Pietro pyĕˈtrō bəlo͞oˈskē [key], 1899–1994, Italian-American civil engineer, designer, and architect. Belluschi served as dean and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...

Wigan

(Encyclopedia)Wigan wĭgˈən [key], metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 88,725), N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. Wigan has a wide variety of industries, including electrica...

Wyspiański, Stanisław

(Encyclopedia)Wyspiański, Stanisław stänēsˈläf vĭspyäˈnyəskē [key], 1869–1907, Polish poet, dramatist, and painter. As a painter Wyspiański created numerous murals, stained-glass windows, and theatric...

Piotrków Trybunalski

(Encyclopedia)Piotrków Trybunalski pyôˈtərko͞of trĭbo͞onälˈskē [key], Rus. Petrokov, Ger. Petrikau, city (1991 est. pop. 81,300), Łódzkie prov., central Poland. A textile center, it also manufactures wo...
 

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