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Clydebank

(Encyclopedia) Clydebank, town, West Dunbartonshire, W central Scotland, on the north bank of the Clyde River. The chief industry until the 1970s was…

Orekhovo-Zuyevo

(Encyclopedia) Orekhovo-ZuyevoOrekhovo-Zuyevoəryĕˈkhəvə-z&oomacr;ˈyĭvə [key], city (1989 pop. 137,000), W central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. There is a large textile industry (dating…

Ube

(Encyclopedia) UbeUbe&oomacr;ˈbā [key], city (1990 pop. 175,053), Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea. It has a modern harbor and an important chemical industry. Coal mining…

Łódź

(Encyclopedia) ŁódźŁódźl&oomacr;j [key], city (1993 est. pop. 842,300), capital of Łódzkie prov., central Poland. The second largest city of Poland and an important industrial center, Łódź was…

Northbrook

(Encyclopedia) Northbrook, village (1990 pop. 32,308), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1836. It was incorporated as Shermerville in 1901 and was reincorporated as Northbrook in 1923.…

Akron

(Encyclopedia) Akron Akron ăkˈrən [key], city (2020 pop. 190,469), seat of Summit co., NE Ohio, on the Little Cuyahoga River; inc. 1865. Once the heart of the nation's…

Easthampton

(Encyclopedia) Easthampton Easthampton ēst-hămpˈtən [key], town (2020 pop. 16,211), Hampshire co., W Mass.; inc. 1809…

Dalton

(Encyclopedia) Dalton, city (2020 pop. 34,417), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly…

East Providence

(Encyclopedia) East Providence, city (2020 pop. 47,139), Providence co., E R.I., on the Providence and Seekonk rivers; inc. as a city 1958.…

Toyama

(Encyclopedia) ToyamaToyamatōyäˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 321,254), capital of Toyama prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on Toyama Bay. It is the main center of Japan's patent medicine industry and…