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Moses Lake

(Encyclopedia)Moses Lake, city (1990 pop. 11,235), Grant co., central Wash., on Moses Lake; settled 1897, inc. 1938. A distribution and shipping point for the Columbia basin project, it produces are sugar, potatoes...

Manteca

(Encyclopedia)Manteca măntēˈkə [key], city (1990 pop. 40,773), San Joaquin co., central Calif.; founded 1870, inc. 1918. There is diverse agriculture, including grapes, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, vegetables, an...

Pekalongan

(Encyclopedia)Pekalongan pĕkˌälôngˈgän [key], city (1990 pop. 242,714), N central Java, Indonesia, on the Java Sea. It is a textile and batik center and the principal port for central Java; sugar, rubber, and...

Edinburgh

(Encyclopedia)Edinburgh, Town (2020 pop. 4618), Bartholomew, Johnson, and Shelby cos; S central Ind; est. c. 1823. The town is a suburb of Columbus, In., near the juncture of the Big Blue River ...

Cairns

(Encyclopedia)Cairns, city and region, Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are...

Birganj

(Encyclopedia)Birganj bērˈgänch [key], town, S Nepal, near the Indian border. It is a market town for ag...

Bahraich

(Encyclopedia)Bahraich bärīchˈ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, NE India, on the Saryu River. A district ...

Bareilly

(Encyclopedia)Bareilly bərāˈlē [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ramganga River. ...

Vinnytsya

(Encyclopedia)Vinnytsya vĭnˈĭtsyə [key], Rus. Vinnitsa, city (1989 pop. 374,000), capital of Vinnytsya region, in Podolia, Ukraine, on the Southern Buh River. A railroad junction in a sugar beet district, the c...

ice cream

(Encyclopedia)ice cream, sweet frozen dessert, made from milk fat and solids, sugar, flavoring, a stabilizer (usually gelatin), and sometimes eggs, fruits, or nuts. The mix is churned at freezing temperature to att...
 

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