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Chippewa Falls

(Encyclopedia) Chippewa Falls, city (2020 pop. 14,740), seat of Chippewa co., W central Wis., on the Chippewa River; settled 1837, inc. as a city 1869…

Harahan

(Encyclopedia) Harahan Harahan hârˈəhănˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 9,116), Jefferson parish, SE La., a suburb of New…

Herisau

(Encyclopedia) Herisau Herisau hāˈrĭzou [key], town, capital of Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden half canton, NE…

Iwakuni

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

Łomża

(Encyclopedia) ŁomżaŁomżalômˈzhä [key], town (1991 est. pop. 61,400), Podlaskie prov., NE Poland, on the Narew River. It is a railway terminus. Industries include food processing and paper and…

Kenora

(Encyclopedia) KenoraKenorakənôˈrə [key], town (1991 pop. 9,782), W Ont., Canada, at the north end of the Lake of the Woods. There are fish-processing plants and lumber, flour, pulp, and paper mills…

Kingsport

(Encyclopedia) Kingsport, city (1990 pop. 36,365), Hawkins and Sullivan counties, NE Tenn., on the Holston River near the Va. line; inc. 1917. Industries include one of the largest printing and…

Laconia, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Laconia, city (1990 pop. 15,743), seat of Belknap co., central N.H., near lakes Winnisquam and Winnipesaukee and on the Winnipesaukee River; settled c.1761, inc. as a city 1893. It is…

Fabriano

(Encyclopedia) Fabriano Fabriano fäbrēäˈnō [key], town, in the Marche, central Italy, in the Apennines. It is an…

mulch

(Encyclopedia) mulch, any material, usually organic, that is spread on the ground to protect the soil and the roots of plants from the effects of soil crusting, erosion, or freezing; it is also used…