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Iwakuni

(Encyclopedia) Iwakuni Iwakuni ēwäˈk&oomacr;nē [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Aki Sea…

operon

(Encyclopedia) operon, in genetics, site on a bacterial chromosome containing genes that control protein synthesis (structural genes) together with a gene that determines whether the structural genes…

Orly

(Encyclopedia) OrlyOrlyôrlēˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 21,824), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, a suburb SE of Paris. It is the site of Orly airport, which with Charles de Gaulle is one of the two…

Moundsville

(Encyclopedia) Moundsville, city (1990 pop. 10,753), seat of Marshall co., W.Va., in the Northern Panhandle, on the Ohio River; settled 1771, inc. 1865. Coal was once the chief industry, and some is…

Morganton

(Encyclopedia) Morganton, town (1990 pop. 15,085), seat of Burke co., W N.C., on the Catawba River in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mts.; founded 1784, inc. 1885. A lake resort town, it also has…

Naples, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Naples, resort city (1990 pop. 19,505), Collier co., SW Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico; inc. 1927. Bordering the Big Cypress Swamp, the city has been called the “gateway to the Everglades…

Muzaffarpur

(Encyclopedia) MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpurm&oobreve;zŭfˈfəräp&oobreve;r [key], city (1991 pop. 241,107), Bihar state, NE India, on the Burhi Gandak River. It is the district administrative center…

Mariánské Láznĕ

(Encyclopedia) Mariánské LáznĕMariánské Láznĕmärˈyänskā läzˈnyĕ [key], Ger. Marienbad, town (1991 pop. 15,382), W central Czech Republic, in Bohemia. It is a world-famous spa, with many curative…