Search

Search results

Displaying 371 - 380

Luleå

(Encyclopedia) LuleåLuleålüˈləōˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 42,730), capital of Norrbotten co., NE Sweden, a port on the Gulf of Bothnia at the mouth of the Luleälv River. Although its harbor is icebound…

Taylor, Myron Charles

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Myron Charles, 1874–1959, American industrialist and diplomat, b. Lyons, N.Y. He practiced law and then ran a group of textile mills in New England. In 1932 he succeeded J. P.…

Narayanganj

(Encyclopedia) Narayanganj or NarayungunjNarayungunjboth: näräˈyəngənj [key], city (1991 pop. 296,000), E central Bangladesh, at the confluence of the Lakhya and Dhaleshwari rivers. It is the river…

Haikou

(Encyclopedia) HaikouHaikouhīˈkōˈ [key] or HoihowHaikouhoiˈhouˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 364,700), Hainan island, capital of Hainan prov., China. A seaport on Hainan Strait, it is the largest city…

Mawlamyine

(Encyclopedia) MawlamyineMawlamyinemôˌləmīnˈ [key] or Moulmein,Moulmein,m&oobreve;lmānˈ, mōl– [key], city (1983 pop. 219,991), SE Myanmar, near the mouth of the Thanlwin (Salween) River; the…

Kearny

(Encyclopedia) KearnyKearnykärˈnē [key], town (1990 pop. 34,874), Hudson co., NE N.J.; inc. 1899. The town was formerly the site of textile mills that dated to the late 1800s and shipyards and dry…

Cadbury, George

(Encyclopedia) Cadbury, George, 1839–1922, English manufacturer and social reformer; husband of Elizabeth Mary Cadbury. In 1861, Cadbury and his brother Richard assumed control of their father's…

Tskhinvali

(Encyclopedia) TskhinvaliTskhinvalitskhĭnˈvälĭ [key], city (1989 pop. 42,934), capital of South Ossetia, a region of N Georgia that has had de facto independence since the 1990s. The city has lumber…

Chieti

(Encyclopedia) Chieti Chieti kyĕˈtē [key], city, capital of Chieti prov., Abruzzi region, central Italy, on…

Starrett, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Starrett, PaulStarrett, Paulstărˈĭt [key], 1866–1957, American builder, b. Lawrence, Kans. After serving (1903–22) as president of the George A. Fuller Company in Chicago, he opened…