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Meriden

(Encyclopedia) MeridenMeridenmĕrˈĭdən [key], city (1990 pop. 59,479), New Haven co., S central Conn.; settled 1661, inc. as a town 1806, as a city 1867, town and city consolidated 1922. Silverware…

Shawinigan

(Encyclopedia) ShawiniganShawiniganshəwĭnˈĭgŭn [key], city (1991 pop. 19,931), S Que., Canada, on the St. Maurice River. Just north are the falls of the St. Maurice, 150 ft (46 m) high, with a…

Makó

(Encyclopedia) MakóMakómŏˈkō [key], town (1991 est. pop. 27,160), S Hungary, on the Mureşul River near the Romanian border. It is an administrative and trade center and a road hub in a fertile…

Aliquippa

(Encyclopedia) Aliquippa Aliquippa ălĭkwĭpˈə [key], borough (2020 pop. 9,238), Beaver co., W Pa., in an industrialized region along the Ohio River N of Pittsburgh; inc.…

Gorakhpur

(Encyclopedia) Gorakhpur Gorakhpur gōˈrəkp&oobreve;rˌ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the…

Ondo

(Encyclopedia) OndoOndoŏnˈdō [key], city (1991 est. pop. 150,000), SW Nigeria. It is the market center for a cacao and timber producing region and has rice mills and sawmills. Ondo was formerly the…

Baza

(Encyclopedia) Baza Baza bäˈthä [key], town, Granada prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. It is a food-processing…

Greene and Greene

(Encyclopedia) Greene and Greene, architectural firm working in the American arts and crafts style, formed by the brothers Charles Sumner Greene, 1868–1957, and Henry Mather Greene, 1870–1954, both b…

Herning

(Encyclopedia) Herning Herning hĕrˈnĭng [key], city, Ringkøbing co., central Denmark. It is an important…