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Luleå
(Encyclopedia) LuleåLuleålüˈləōˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 42,730), capital of Norrbotten co., NE Sweden, a port on the Gulf of Bothnia at the mouth of the Luleälv River. Although its harbor is icebound…Gyeonggi
(Encyclopedia) Gyeonggi or Kyonggi Gyeonggi gyŭngˈgēˈ [key], province, NW South Korea. Suwon is the capital. The…Harwich
(Encyclopedia) Harwich Harwich hărˈĭj [key], town, Essex, E central England, on the estuary of the Stour and the…Halesowen
(Encyclopedia) Halesowen Halesowen hālzˈōwən [key], city, Dudley metropolitan district, central England. Listed in the…Reutlingen
(Encyclopedia) ReutlingenReutlingenroitˈlĭng-ən [key], city (1994 pop. 107,607), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany. Manufactures include textiles, paper, leather goods, iron, and machinery. Reutlingen…shape memory
(Encyclopedia) shape memory, property possessed by certain alloys that allows them to return, when heated, to their original shape after having been deformed. This effect results because, as the…Sivas
(Encyclopedia) SivasSivassĭväsˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 219,122), capital of Sivas prov., central Turkey, on the Kizil Irmak. An important trade and manufacturing center, it has cement, textile, and…Baltic Shield
(Encyclopedia) Baltic Shield, the continental core of Europe, composed of Precambrian crystalline rock, the oldest of Europe. The tectonically stable region was not affected by the Caledonian,…Oberhausen
(Encyclopedia) OberhausenOberhausenōˈbərhouˌzən [key], city (1994 pop. 226,254), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, a former industrial center of the Ruhr district. It is a port on the Rhine-Herne…Nyköping
(Encyclopedia) NyköpingNyköpingnüˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 26,380), capital of Södermanland co., SE Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center, producing flour…Trending
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