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(Encyclopedia) Sumter, city (1990 pop. 41,943), seat of Sumter co., central S.C.; founded 1785, inc. 1845. It is the commercial, processing, and shipping center of a timber and agricultural region.…Thunder Bay
(Encyclopedia) Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and…Bhubaneswar
(Encyclopedia) Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar b&oomacr;bänĕˈswär [key], city, capital of Odisha (Orissa) state, E central…Pollonarrua
(Encyclopedia) Pollonarrua or PolonnaruwaPolonnaruwaboth: pŏlˌənər&oomacr;ˈə [key], ruined ancient city, NE Sri Lanka. Pollonarrua, beautifully situated on a lake, was once the most splendid city…Sanford
(Encyclopedia) Sanford. 1 City (1990 pop. 32,387), seat of Seminole co., central Fla., on Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River; inc. 1877. It is an agricultural center where citrus fruit and…Neenah
(Encyclopedia) NeenahNeenahnēˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 23,219), Winnebago co., E Wis., on Lake Winnebago at the mouth of the Fox River; settled c.1835 on the site of a Winnebago village, inc. as a…Bingham Canyon
(Encyclopedia) Bingham Canyon or Bingham, uninc. village, N central Utah, near Tooele, in a canyon of the Oquirrh Mts. SW of Salt Lake City. At first (1848) a farm of the Mormons Thomas and Sanford…Saginaw, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Saginaw, river, 22 mi (35 km) long, formed by the confluence of eight branches, SE Mich. The river drains a large area of lower Michigan and flows into Saginaw Bay (c.60 mi/100 km long…Osage, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Osage, river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Marais des Cygnes and the Little Osage rivers, W Mo. It flows NE to join the Missouri River near Jefferson City.…Redmond
(Encyclopedia) Redmond, city (1990 pop. 35,800), King co., W Wash., a suburb of Seattle, on Lake Sammamish; inc. 1912. Its economy centers around computer software (Microsoft Corp. is located there…Trending
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