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Moreno

(Encyclopedia) Moreno, city (1991 pop. 287,188), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a residential and district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. The district was the scene…

Phillipsburg

(Encyclopedia) Phillipsburg, town (1990 pop. 15,757), Warren co., NW N.J., on the Delaware River opposite Easton, Pa.; settled 1739, inc. 1861. It is a railroad and industrial center in a farm area.…

Clacton-on-Sea

(Encyclopedia) Clacton-on-Sea, town, Essex, E central England. It is a seaside resort situated on high cliffs. The Norman Church of St. John was…

Allen Park

(Encyclopedia) Allen Park, city (2020 pop. 26,636), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. as a city 1957. Its manufactures include motor vehicle and marine prototypes, liquor,…

Hebburn

(Encyclopedia) Hebburn Hebburn hĕbˈûrn [key], town, South Tyneside metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne…

Calumet City

(Encyclopedia) Calumet City, city (2020 pop. 36,033), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, near Ind.; settled 1868,…

Buraimi

(Encyclopedia) BuraimiBuraimib&oomacr;rīˈmē [key], group of small oases, SE Arabia, on the border between Abu Dhabi and Oman. In the 1950s the area, rich in oil, was claimed by Saudi Arabia.

Urawa

(Encyclopedia) UrawaUrawa&oomacr;räˈwä [key], city (1990 pop. 418,271), capital of Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area, it is a commercial…

Washington Island, United States

(Encyclopedia) Washington Island, c.20 sq mi (50 sq km), NE Wis., in NW Lake Michigan, just off the northern tip of the Door Peninsula. The island was visited by the French explorers Pierre Radisson…

Wilton Manors

(Encyclopedia) Wilton Manors, city (1990 pop. 11,840), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1947. It is a residential and resort community in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. An electronic research firm is…