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Door Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Door Peninsula, 80 mi (129 km) long, NE Wis., between Green Bay and Lake Michigan; a canal at Sturgeon Bay bisects the peninsula. Cherry growing and tourism are the chief industries.…Clamart
(Encyclopedia) Clamart Clamart klämärˈ [key], suburb SW of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France. There…Draguignan
(Encyclopedia) Draguignan Draguignan drägēnyäNˈ [key], town, capital of Var dept., SE France, in Provence. It is a…Fort Frances
(Encyclopedia) Fort Frances, town, SW Ont., Canada, on Rainy River, opposite International Falls, Minn. It is chiefly a lumbering center with sawmills…Aguadilla
(Encyclopedia) Aguadilla Aguadilla äˌgwädēˈyä, äˌwä– [key], town, NW Puerto Rico, a port on Mona Passage. It is a commerical and manufacturing center with varied…Tlaquepaque
(Encyclopedia) TlaquepaqueTlaquepaquetläkāpäˈkā [key], city (1990 pop. 328,031), Jalisco state, SW Mexico, in the Guadalajara valley. Its folklore and local artisanry, as well as its proximity to…Pleasantville
(Encyclopedia) Pleasantville. 1 Residential and resort city (1990 pop. 16,027), Atlantic co., SE N.J., just W of Atlantic City; settled 1702, inc. 1888. It is the trade center of an area known as “…North Las Vegas
(Encyclopedia) North Las Vegas, city (1990 pop. 47,707), Clark co., SE Nev., a residential suburb of Las Vegas; inc. 1946. Tourism is the economic mainstay of this growing suburb. The city's…Mercedes
(Encyclopedia) MercedesMercedesmĕrsāˈᵺēs [key], city (1996 pop. 39,139), capital of Soriano dept., SW Uruguay, a port on the Río Negro. An agricultural and livestock center, the city has a shipyard…Alice Springs
(Encyclopedia) Alice Springs, town, Northern Territory, Australia. It lies in a pastoral area surrounded by desert near the center of the continent and is a stop on the Adelaide Darwin…Trending
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