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Selden

(Encyclopedia) Selden, uninc. village (1990 pop. 20,608), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. It is chiefly residential with some manufacturing.

Odda

(Encyclopedia) Odda, village: see Hardangerfjord.

New City

(Encyclopedia) New City, uninc. village (1990 pop. 33,673), seat of Rockland co., SE N.Y., a suburb of New York City. It is primarily residential.

Gdynia

(Encyclopedia) GdyniaGdyniagədĭnˈyə [key], Ger. Gdingen, city (1994 est. pop. 252,100), Pomorskie prov., N Poland, a port on the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Danzig. It is the port of a larger urban…

Hardangerfjord

(Encyclopedia) HardangerfjordHardangerfjordhärdängˈərfyôrˈ [key], second largest fjord of Norway, penetrating 114 mi (183 km) from the Atlantic Ocean into Hordaland co., SW Norway. A southern branch…

Hallstatt

(Encyclopedia) HallstattHallstatthälˈshtät [key], village, Upper Austria prov., W central Austria, in the Salzkammergut, on the Lake of Hallstatt. A tourist center, it is one of the oldest…

Kíthira

(Encyclopedia) KíthiraKíthirakēˈthērä [key] or CytheraCytherasĭthērˈə [key], island (1991 pop. 3,021), c.109 sq mi (282 sq km), S Greece, in the Mediterranean Sea, southernmost of the Ionian Islands…

Blenheim

(Encyclopedia) BlenheimBlenheimblĕnˈəm [key], Ger. Blindheim, village, Bavaria, S Germany, on the Danube River. Between Blenheim and nearby Höchstädt, John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, and…

Tobolsk

(Encyclopedia) TobolskTobolsktəbôlskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 94,000), W Siberian Russia, a port on the Irtysh River near its confluence with the Tobol. Industries revolve around oil and gas from the…