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Fonteyn, Dame Margot

(Encyclopedia) Fonteyn, Dame MargotFonteyn, Dame Margotfŏntānˈ [key], 1919–91, English ballerina. Fonteyn was for many years prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet. Her original name was…

Compton

(Encyclopedia) Compton, city (2021pop. 95,740), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1888. It has aircraft,…

Cocoa, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Cocoa, city (2020 pop. 19,041), Brevard co., E Fla., on the Indian River (a lagoon), a segment of the Intracoastal Waterway; inc. 1895.…

Indian River

(Encyclopedia) Indian River, lagoon, c.100 mi (160 km) long, E Fla., parallel to the east coast from N of Titusville to Stuart. Along the lagoon a variety of citrus and vegetable products are grown.…

Mandal

(Encyclopedia) MandalMandalmänˈdäl [key], town (1995 pop. 12,921), Vest-Agder co., extreme S Norway, on the Skagerrak. A renowned seaport in the 17th cent., it is now a small trading and shipping…

Amager

(Encyclopedia) Amager Amager äˈmägər [key], island, 25 sq mi (65 sq km), Copenhagen co., E Denmark, in the Øresund. Northern Amager is occupied by a part of Copenhagen city…

Viareggio

(Encyclopedia) ViareggioViareggiovēärĕdˈjō [key], city (1991 pop. 57,514), Tuscany, N central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a fishing center and a fashionable beach resort. The body of the poet…

North Miami

(Encyclopedia) North Miami, city (1990 pop. 49,998), Dade co., SE Fla., a growing suburb of Miami, on Biscayne Bay; inc. 1926. It is mainly residential, but has considerable retail development.…

Queenborough-in-Sheppey

(Encyclopedia) Queenborough-in-Sheppey, town (1991 pop. 33,362), on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, SE England, at the confluence of the Medway and Thames rivers. Radios, furniture, glass, rubber products…

Cypress, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Cypress Cypress sīˈprəs [key], city (2020 pop. 50,151), Orange co., S Calif. near Long Beach; inc…