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Horten

(Encyclopedia) Horten Horten hôrˈtən [key], town, Vestfold co., SE Norway, a port on the Oslofjord (an arm of…

Horsens

(Encyclopedia) Horsens Horsens hôrˈsəns [key], city, Vejle co., central Denmark, a port at the head of the Horsens…

Hamar

(Encyclopedia) Hamar Hamar häˈmär [key], city, capital of Hedmark co., SE Norway, on Lake Mjøsa. It…

Hasselt

(Encyclopedia) Hasselt Hasselt häˈsəlt [key], city, capital of Limburg prov., NE Belgium, in the Campine region…

Jimma

(Encyclopedia) Jimma or JimaJimaboth: jĭmˈä [key], city (1994 pop. 88,867), Oromia region, SW Ethiopia. It is the commercial center for a coffee-producing region. Potassium and sodium nitrates are…

Rocky Mount

(Encyclopedia) Rocky Mount, city (1990 pop. 48,997), Edgecombe and Nash counties, E N.C., on the Tar River; settled by 1818, inc. 1867. The growing city is the commercial and distribution center of a…

Sherbrooke

(Encyclopedia) Sherbrooke, city (1991 pop. 76,429), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the Magog and the St. François rivers, E of Montreal. It is the commercial and market center for the…

Sint-Niklaas

(Encyclopedia) Sint-NiklaasSint-Niklaassĭnt-nēˈkläs [key], Fr. Saint-Nicolas, city (1991 pop. 68,203), East Flanders prov., N Belgium. It is the commercial, industrial, and transportation center of…

San Pablo

(Encyclopedia) San PabloSan Pablosăn păbˈlō [key], city (1990 pop. 25,158), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San Pablo Bay, a suburb of Oakland; inc. 1948. One of the oldest Spanish settlements in the…

Girardot

(Encyclopedia) Girardot Girardot hērärᵺōtˈ [key], city, central Colombia, on the Bogotá and Magdalena rivers…