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High Point

(Encyclopedia) High Point, city (2020 pop. 114,059), Davidson, Guilford, and Randolph counties, N N.C., in a heavily forested Piedmont region; settled…

Jerez de la Frontera

(Encyclopedia) Jerez de la FronteraJerez de la Fronterahārāth dā lä frōntāˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 186,812), Cádiz prov., SW Spain, in Andalusia. Jerez is an important commercial center noted for…

pyroligneous acid

(Encyclopedia) pyroligneous acidpyroligneous acidpīˌrəlĭgˈnēəs [key], a dark liquid that is essentially a mixture of acetic acid and methanol (wood alcohol) and is obtained in the destructive…

Saint-Raphaël

(Encyclopedia) Saint-RaphaëlSaint-RaphaëlsăN-räfäĕlˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 26,799), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is an elegant resort and a small commercial port as well as an…

Bandar Seri Begawan

(Encyclopedia) Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan bänˈdär sĕrˈē bĕgäˈwän [key],…

Ringsted

(Encyclopedia) RingstedRingstedrĭngˈstĕᵺ [key], city (1992 pop. 17,457), Vestsjælland co., E Denmark. It is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region. Ringsted was a place of…

Savona

(Encyclopedia) SavonaSavonasävôˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 67,177), capital of Savona prov., in Liguria, NW Italy, on the Riviera. It is a major seaport and an industrial center. Manufactures include…

Słupsk

(Encyclopedia) SłupskSłupsksl&oomacr;psk [key], Ger. Stolp, city (1993 est. pop. 102,800), Pomorskie prov., NW Poland. It is a rail junction and commercial center with industries manufacturing…

Ponta Delgada

(Encyclopedia) Ponta DelgadaPonta Delgadapônˈtə dĕlgäˈdə [key], city (1991 pop. 21,091), capital of Ponta Delgada dist., in the Azores, Portugal. An important port on São Miguel island, it is the…

Owo

(Encyclopedia) OwoOwoōˈwō [key], city (1987 est. pop. 147,000), S Nigeria. It is primarily a farming and commercial city, located in an area producing cacao, cotton, and timber. Owo was the capital…