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Staines

(Encyclopedia) Staines, city (1991 pop. 12,886), Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River. On the edge of Greater London, Staines is residential. There is some industry, such as the manufacture of…

East Cleveland

(Encyclopedia) East Cleveland, city (2020 pop. 13,792), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1911. Mostly residential, it has some…

Sturbridge

(Encyclopedia) Sturbridge, town (1990 pop. 7,775), Worcester co., S Mass.; inc. 1738. Tourism is its major industry; Old Sturbridge Village, a re-creation of an early New England village complete…

Stow

(Encyclopedia) StowStowstō [key], city (1990 pop. 27,702), Summit co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Akron; settled 1802, inc. as a city 1960. Chiefly residential, it has some light industry.

Tanabe

(Encyclopedia) TanabeTanabetäˌnäˈbā [key], city (1990 pop. 69,859), Wakayama prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on Tanabe Bay. It is a commercial and fishing port with a marine-product processing industry.

Texas Tech University

(Encyclopedia) Texas Tech University, at Lubbock; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1923, opened 1925. There are numerous research institutes for engineering, business and industry,…

Lake Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Lake Jackson, city (1990 pop. 22,776), Brazoria co., SE Tex., on a branch of the Brazos River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1941. It is a trading and shipping center for the many…

Itabuna

(Encyclopedia) Itabuna Itabuna ētəb&oomacr;ˈnə [key], city, Bahia state, E Brazil, on the Itabuna River. A…

Narashino

(Encyclopedia) NarashinoNarashinonärəshēˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 151,471), Chiba prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay. It is a newly developed suburb of Tokyo and has a large metals…

Crestwood

(Encyclopedia) Crestwood, city (2020 pop. 11,808), St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. as a city 1949. Located in a truck-farming…