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Chicoutimi, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Chicoutimi Chicoutimi shĭk&oomacr;ˈtĭmēˌ [key], city, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the…

Aizuwakamatsu

(Encyclopedia) Aizuwakamatsu Aizuwakamatsu īˈz&oomacr;wäkämätˈs&oomacr; [key], city, Fukushima prefecture, N Honshu, Japan. It has a large semiconductor plant and…

découpage

(Encyclopedia) découpagedécoupagedāˌk&oomacr;päzhˈ [key], any process of decorating surfaces in which paper cutouts made of new materials completely cover the surface. These cutouts are attached…

Kouvola

(Encyclopedia) Kouvola, city (1996 pop. 31,986), located in Kymen prov., SE Finland. It is an important railroad junction on the line running from St. Petersburg to Helsinki and a transportation…

La Mirada

(Encyclopedia) La MiradaLa Miradalä mĭräˈdə [key], city (1990 pop. 40,452), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1960. La Mirada derives from the Spanish for “the view,” referring to the panoramic view of…

La Baie

(Encyclopedia) La BaieLa Baielə bī [key], city (1991 pop. 20,995), S Que., Canada, on Ha! Ha! Bay, an arm of the Saguenay River. Formed by the amalgamation of Bagotville, Port Alfred, and the…

Landsberg am Lech

(Encyclopedia) Landsberg am LechLandsberg am Lechläntsˈbĕrk äm lĕkh [key] or Landsberg, town (1994 pop. 23,810), Bavaria, SW Germany, on the Lech River. Textiles, metal goods, and paper are…

La Porte

(Encyclopedia) La PorteLa Portelə pôrt [key], city (1990 pop. 21,507), seat of La Porte co., NW Ind.; inc. 1835. It is a manufacturing center in fertile farmland on the edge of the Calumet industrial…

Fitz, Reginald Heber

(Encyclopedia) Fitz, Reginald Heber, 1843–1913, American pathologist, b. Chelsea, Mass., M.D. Harvard, 1868. He studied under Virchow, and in 1870 he returned to Harvard, where he introduced Virchow'…

Bruck an der Mur

(Encyclopedia) Bruck an der Mur Bruck an der Mur br&oobreve;k än dĕr m&oomacr;r [key], city, in Styria prov.,…