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Petah Tiqwa

(Encyclopedia) Petah TiqwaPetah Tiqwapĕtäˈ tēkˈvä [key], town (1994 pop. 152,000), W central Israel. Its industries produce textiles, plastics, processed foods, tires and other rubber products, and…

Craigavon

(Encyclopedia) Craigavon, town and district, S central Northern Ireland. Craigavon was designated one of the new towns in 1962, primarily to stimulate…

Cumbernauld

(Encyclopedia) Cumbernauld, town, near Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, SW Scotland. Cumbernauld, the 15th of Britain's new towns, was designated in 1955 to…

Buskerud

(Encyclopedia) Buskerud Buskerud b&oomacr;sˈkər&oomacr;d [key], county, c.5,725 sq mi (14,830 sq km), SE…

Stevenage

(Encyclopedia) Stevenage, city (1991 pop. 74,757) and district, Hertfordshire, E central England. Stevenage was the first new town to be designated under the New Towns Act of 1946, a program to…

Benjamin, Asher

(Encyclopedia) Benjamin, Asher, 1773–1845, American architect, b. Greenfield, Mass. His Country Builder's Assistant was published in 1797 and The American Builder's Companion, with Daniel Reynard, in…

Fayetteville

(Encyclopedia) Fayetteville Fayetteville fāˈĕtvĭl [key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 93,949), seat of Washington co., NW…

Mälaren

(Encyclopedia) MälarenMälarenmĕˈlärən [key], lake, c.440 sq mi (1,140 sq km), E central Sweden. Third largest of the Swedish lakes, it extends c.70 mi (110 km) W from Stockholm, which is situated on…

Achill

(Encyclopedia) AchillAchillăkˈĭl [key] [Irish,=eagle], island, 56 sq mi (145 sq km), Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland; the largest island of Ireland. It is connected with the mainland by a bridge over…

Dimitrovgrad

(Encyclopedia) Dimitrovgrad Dimitrovgrad dĭmēˈtrôvgrät [key], city, S Bulgaria, on the Maritsa River. Located on the…