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Seraing

(Encyclopedia) SeraingSeraingsərĕNˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 60,838), Liège prov., E Belgium, on the Meuse River, near Liège. It is a major center of heavy industry. Nearby is Val Saint Lambert, one of…

Prince of Wales Island, United States

(Encyclopedia) Prince of Wales Island, 2,231 sq mi (5,778 sq km), off SE Alaska; largest island of the Alexander Archipelago. The island is heavily forested, but has little arable land, no source of…

North Olmsted

(Encyclopedia) North OlmstedNorth Olmstedŏmˈstĕd [key], city (1990 pop. 34,204), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1951. It is mainly residential; the chief industry…

soiling

(Encyclopedia) soiling, agricultural practice of feeding green fodder to livestock in the barn or dry lot. It is followed in the United States mostly in the dairy industry in seasons when pastures…

Altrincham

(Encyclopedia) Altrincham Altrincham ôlˈtrĭng-əm [key], town, Trafford metropolitan district, W central England. A suburb of Manchester, it has a textile-printing industry…

Fort Frances

(Encyclopedia) Fort Frances, town, SW Ont., Canada, on Rainy River, opposite International Falls, Minn. It is chiefly a lumbering center with sawmills…

Cort, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Cort, Henry, 1740–1800, English inventor. He revolutionized the British iron industry with his use of grooved rollers to finish iron, replacing the process of hammering, and through…

Costa Brava

(Encyclopedia) Costa BravaCosta Bravakōˈstä bräˈvä [key], a strip of coastline, Girona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, near the French border on the Mediterranean. One of the most agriculturally rich…

Cárdenas

(Encyclopedia) Cárdenas, city (1994 est. pop. 63,000), N central Cuba, Matanzas prov., a port on Cárdenas Bay. It processes and exports sugar and sisal and has industries producing tobacco, beer, and…

Weald, the

(Encyclopedia) Weald, theWeald, thewēld [key], area between the North Downs and the South Downs, SE England, forming part of the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, and Kent. Formerly…