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Belleville, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Belleville, city, SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Machinery, automotive accessories, optical lenses, and cheddar cheese are made there…

Gstaad

(Encyclopedia) GstaadGstaadkshtät [key], village, Bern canton, W Switzerland. It is a fashionable winter sports resort. Cheese and wood products are made in the village.

Emmental

(Encyclopedia) EmmentalEmmentalĕmˈəntäl [key], valley of the Emme River, W central Switzerland. In a region devoted to farming, cattle raising, and dairying, it produces emmenthaler, also called…

Edam

(Encyclopedia) Edam Edam ādämˈ [key], town, North Holland prov., N central Netherlands, on the…

Gruyère, La

(Encyclopedia) Gruyère, La Gruyère, La lä grüyĕrˈ [key], district in Fribourg canton, W Switzerland. It is famous for…

Stevens Point

(Encyclopedia) Stevens Point, city (1990 pop. 23,006), seat of Portage co., central Wis., on the Wisconsin and Plover rivers; inc. 1858. The major industries are insurance and the manufacture of wood…

Mollendo

(Encyclopedia) MollendoMollendomōyĕnˈdō [key], town (1993 pop. 26,724), S Peru, a port on the Pacific Ocean. Mollendo exports wool and has industries producing cement, textiles, canned fish, and…

Brewer's: King's Cheese goes half in Paring

A king's income is half consumed by the numerous calls on his purse. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King's Hanoverian White HorseKing's Quhair A B C D E…

Aurillac

(Encyclopedia) Aurillac Aurillac ôrēyäkˈ [key], town, capital of Cantal dept., S central France, in Auvergne, on the Jordanne River. An industrial, communications, and…

Pleasanton

(Encyclopedia) Pleasanton, city (1990 pop. 50,553), Alameda co., W Calif., a suburb of the San Francisco–Oakland area, in a vineyard and dairy region; inc. 1894. Wine and cheese are produced, and…