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Hillerød

(Encyclopedia) Hillerød Hillerød hĭlˈəröᵺ [key], city, capital of Frederiksborg co., E Denmark. It is an industrial…

Apeldoorn

(Encyclopedia) Apeldoorn Apeldoorn äˈpəldōrn [key], city, Gelderland prov., central Netherlands. It has a variety of manufactures, including paper. The city is a…

Medina del Campo

(Encyclopedia) Medina del CampoMedina del Campomāᵺēˈnä ᵺĕl kämˈpō [key], town (1990 pop. 19,965), Valladolid prov., central Spain, in Castile and León. It is a communications center and agricultural…

Châtillon-sur-Seine

(Encyclopedia) Châtillon-sur-SeineChâtillon-sur-SeineshätēyôNˈ-sür-sĕn [key], town (1993 est. pop. 7,451), Côte d'Or dept., N central France, in Burgundy, on the Seine River. It was a residence of…

Herstal

(Encyclopedia) Herstal Herstal hĕrˈstäl [key], Fr. Héristal, commune, Liège prov., E Belgium,…

Rheinsberg

(Encyclopedia) RheinsbergRheinsbergrīnsˈbĕrk [key], town, Potsdam dist., NE Germany. It is a tourist and manufacturing center. The rococo palace in Rheinsberg was the residence (1736–40) of Crown…

Redbridge

(Encyclopedia) Redbridge, outer borough (1991 pop. 220,600) of Greater London, SE England. Primarily residential, Redbridge is also an important shopping and commercial center. Its industries include…

San Clemente

(Encyclopedia) San ClementeSan Clementesăn klĭmĕnˈtē [key], city (1990 pop. 41,100), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1928. Camp Pendleton, a large U.S. marine base, adjoins the city…

Prilep

(Encyclopedia) PrilepPrilepprēˈlĕp [key], city (1994 pop. 71,899), North Macedonia. It is the trade center of an agricultural region and a manufacturing city where tobacco, textiles, wine, and fruit…

Bacon, Nathaniel

(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Nathaniel, 1647–76, leader of Bacon's Rebellion in colonial Virginia. An aristocrat (he was kin to Francis Bacon, had been educated at Cambridge and Gray's Inn, and was a member…