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Albany, town, Australia

(Encyclopedia) Albany Albany ălˈbənē [key], town, Western Australia, SW Australia. It is a port on Princess Royal Harbour of King George Sound. The town has woolen mills…

Churchill, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Churchill, town, NE Manitoba, Canada, a remote port on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River. The northern terminus of the…

Cobalt, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Cobalt Cobalt kōˈbôlt [key], town, E Ont., Canada, NE of Sudbury, near Lake Timiskaming. Once a…

Durham, town, England

(Encyclopedia) Durham, town, county seat of Durham, NE England, on the sides of a hill nearly encircled by the Wear River. The town's small factories…

Dumfries, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Dumfries Dumfries dəmfrēsˈ [key], town, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland, on the Nith River. The…

Dunkirk, town, France

(Encyclopedia) Dunkirk Dunkirk dŭnˈkûrk [key], Fr. Dunkerque, town, Nord dept., N France, on the…

Flint, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia) Flint, Welsh Fflint, town, Flintshire, NE Wales, on the Dee estuary. Flint has industries that produce rayon, nylon, paper, and clothing…

Flores, town, Guatemala

(Encyclopedia) FloresFloresflōrəs [key], town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site…

Amesbury, town, England

(Encyclopedia) AmesburyAmesburyāmzˈbərē [key], town, Wiltshire, S central England. Located on Salisbury plain, the town is among the oldest continuously settled locations in Great Britain. In 980 the…