Search

Search results

Displaying 31 - 40

cork oak

(Encyclopedia) cork oak, name for an evergreen species of the oak genus (Quercus) of the family Fagaceae (beech family). The cork oak (Q. suber) is native to the Mediterranean region, where most of…

Heilbronn

(Encyclopedia) Heilbronn Heilbronn hīlbrônˈ [key], city, Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, a port on the Neckar…

Oak Forest

(Encyclopedia) Oak Forest, village (1990 pop. 26,203), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1947. Oak Forest lies in a grain and livestock area. Industries include the manufacture…

Atwater

(Encyclopedia) Atwater, city (2020 pop. 31,970), Merced co., central Calif., in the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1922. It is the processing and commercial center of an irrigated farming area…

Genk

(Encyclopedia) Genk Genk khĕngk [key], city, Limburg prov., NE Belgium. It is a commercial and industrial…

Kakamigahara

(Encyclopedia) KakamigaharaKakamigaharakäkäˌmēgähäˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 129,680), Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural and commercial center.

Hamada

(Encyclopedia) Hamada Hamada hämäˈdä [key], city, Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Japan Sea. It is…

Sauðárkrókur

(Encyclopedia) SauðárkrókurSauðárkrókursöˈüᵺourkrōˌkür [key], town (1993 pop. 2,717), N Iceland, at the head of the Skagafjorður. It is a commercial center and a fishing port.

Hanno, city, Japan

(Encyclopedia) Hanno Hanno hän-nō [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Naguri…

Córdoba, city, Argentina

(Encyclopedia) Córdoba Córdoba kôrˈdōvä [key], city, capital of Córdoba prov., central Argentina, on the…