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Luxembourg, province, Belgium

(Encyclopedia) Luxembourg, Du. Luxemburg, province (1991 pop. 232,813), 1,706 sq mi (4,419 sq km), SE Belgium, in the Ardennes, bordering on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the east and on France in…

Jeju

(Encyclopedia) Jeju or ChejuChejujāˈj&oomacr; [key], Jap. Saishu, island and province of South Korea (1995 pop. 505,442), c.700 sq mi (1,810 sq km), c.60 mi (100 km) SW of the Korean peninsula.…

separator, cream

(Encyclopedia) separator, cream, dairy machine used to separate fresh whole milk into cream and skim milk. Formerly the separation was made by the gravity method, allowing the cream to rise to the…

Oneida, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) OneidaOneidaōnīˈdə [key], city (1990 pop. 10,850), Madison co., central N.Y.; inc. 1901. Tableware was long the best-known product, and some is still manufactured in neighboring…

Essex, county, England

(Encyclopedia) Essex, county, 1,520 sq mi (3,938 sq km) SE England, on the Thames River and the North Sea, one of the “Home Counties” of London.…

Green Bay, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Green Bay, city (2020 pop. 107,395), seat of Brown co., NE Wis., at the mouth of the Fox River on Green Bay; inc. 1854. An important…

West Flanders

(Encyclopedia) West Flanders, Du. West-Vlaanderen, Fr. Flandre Occidentale, province (1991 pop. 1,106,829), W Belgium, bordering on the North Sea in the west, on the Netherlands in the northeast, and…

Krefeld

(Encyclopedia) KrefeldKrefeldkrāˈfĕlt [key], city (1994 pop. 249,560), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, a port on the Rhine River. It is the center of the German silk and velvet industry, and is a…

Nuneaton and Bedworth

(Encyclopedia) Nuneaton and BedworthNuneaton and Bedworthnənēˈtən [key], district (1991 pop. 115,300), Warwickshire, central England. The district primarily comprises the city of Nuneaton and the…

Collingswood

(Encyclopedia) Collingswood, borough (2020 pop. 14,186), Camden co., SW N.J.; settled 1682 by Quakers, inc. 1888. The borough has some light industry.