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totem

(Encyclopedia) totemtotemtōˈtəm [key], an object, usually an animal or plant (or all animals or plants of that species), that is revered by members of a particular social group because of a mystical…

Mymensingh

(Encyclopedia) MymensinghMymensinghmīˈmĕnsĭng [key], town (1991 pop. 188,713), N central Bangladesh, on an old channel of the Brahmaputra River. It is a trading center for rice, jute, sugar cane,…

Nikšić

(Encyclopedia) NikšićNikšićnēkˈshĭch [key], city (2011 pop. 72,443), central Montenegro. It is the commercial center of an agricultural region. It is also an important industrial city with a steel…

Leuna

(Encyclopedia) LeunaLeunaloiˈnä [key], city (1994 pop. 8,130), Saxony-Anhalt, S central Germany. There, in 1916, the first synthetic nitrogen plant began to operate after the invention of the Haber…

Liaoyuan

(Encyclopedia) LiaoyuanLiaoyuanlyouˈyüänˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 377,300), SW Jilin prov., China, on the railroad connecting Changchun and Dalian. It is a coal-mining center with a large thermal…

Lufkin

(Encyclopedia) Lufkin, city (1990 pop. 30,206), seat of Angelina co., E Tex.; inc. 1890. Situated in the deep pine woods, it is the core of a region of forest industries with many sawmills and the…

Chärjew

(Encyclopedia) Chärjew Chärjew chärj&oomacr;ˈ [key] or Chardzhou Chärjew…

Dothan, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Dothan Dothan dōˈthən [key], city (2020 pop. 71,072), seat of Houston co., SE Ala., near the…

Hitachi

(Encyclopedia) Hitachi Hitachi hētäˈchē [key], city, Ibaraki prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Kashima…

Hadera

(Encyclopedia) Hadera Hadera hədāˈrä [key], town, W Israel, on the plain of Sharon, near the Mediterranean Sea…