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(Encyclopedia) Riverdale, village (1990 pop. 13,671), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago; inc. 1892. Its large steel mill closed with the national decline of the industry.Elmont
(Encyclopedia) Elmont, uninc. city (2020 pop. 35,265), Nassau co., SE N. Y., on Long Island. A diverse residential suburb, Elmont has some light…Spokane, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) SpokaneSpokanespōkănˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 177,196), seat of Spokane co., E Wash., at the spectacular falls of the Spokane River; inc. 1881. It is a port of entry and the commercial…Taymyr Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Taymyr Peninsula or Taimyr PeninsulaTaymyr Peninsulaboth: tīmĭrˈ [key], northernmost projection of Siberia, N Krasnoyarsk Territory, N central Siberian Russia, between the estuaries of…Norwalk
(Encyclopedia) NorwalkNorwalknôrˈwôkˌ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 94,279), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1957. With the arrival (1875) of the Southern Pacific RR, it became a…Auckland
(Encyclopedia) Auckland Auckland ôkˈlənd [key], city (2021 pop. 1,630,092), N North Island, New Zealand. It is situated on an isthmus and is the largest urban region and…Middletown, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Middletown. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 42,762), Middlesex co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled 1650, inc. 1784, town and city consolidated 1923. Its…Fresno
(Encyclopedia) Fresno Fresno frĕzˈnō [key], city (2020 pop. 546,770), seat of Fresno co., S central Calif…brucellosis
(Encyclopedia) brucellosisbrucellosisbr&oomacr;ˌsəlōˈsĭs [key] or Bang's disease, infectious disease of farm animals that is sometimes transmitted to humans. In humans the disease is also known…Agriculture, United States Department of
(Encyclopedia) Agriculture, United States Department of, federal executive department established in 1862, whose head was made a cabinet member in 1889. The department administers federal programs…Trending
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