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Mineola

(Encyclopedia) MineolaMineolamĭnēōˈlə [key], village (1990 pop. 18,994), seat of Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, a suburb of New York City; inc. 1906. Chiefly residential, it is a commercial…

Kwekwe

(Encyclopedia) Kwekwe, formerly Que QueQue Queboth: kwāˈkwāˈ [key], city (1992 pop. 75,425), central Zimbabwe, founded 1900. It is a gold-mining center and the focal point of Zimbabwe's iron and…

Asaka

(Encyclopedia) Asaka Asaka äsäˈkä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Tokyo. The city has an important…

Cheshire, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Cheshire, town (2020 pop. 28,733), New Haven co., S central Conn., in a farm area; settled 1695, inc. 1780. It is chiefly residential,…

East Haven

(Encyclopedia) East Haven, town (2020 pop. 27,923, New Haven co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound, a residential suburb of New Haven, in a farm area; inc…

Hyattsville

(Encyclopedia) Hyattsville, city (2020 pop. 21,187), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1886. Hyattsville is a…

Harrogate

(Encyclopedia) Harrogate Harrogate hărˈōgĭt, –gāt [key], city, North Yorkshire, N central England. It is residential…

Saco, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Saco, river, c.105 mi (170 km) long, rising in the White Mts., N central N.H. and flowing SE through Maine to the Atlantic Ocean below Biddeford. The falls at Biddeford, site of a…

Sarcelles

(Encyclopedia) SarcellesSarcellessärsĕlˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 57,121), Val-d'Oise dept., N central France. Mostly residential, it has some light industry. A church dating partly from the 12th cent…