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São Tomé

(Encyclopedia) São ToméSão TomésouN t&oobreve;mĕˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 42,331), capital of the republic of São Tomé and Principe and a port on São Tomé island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the…

Macclesfield

(Encyclopedia) MacclesfieldMacclesfieldmăkˈəlzfēld [key], town (1991 pop. 46,832), Cheshire East, W England. Silk manufacture, of which Macclesfield is the principal center in England, was introduced…

Château-Thierry

(Encyclopedia) Château-Thierry Château-Thierry shätōˈ-tyĕrēˈ [key], town, Aisne dept., N France, on the Marne River.…

Bandar-e Torkaman

(Encyclopedia) Bandar-e Torkaman Bandar-e Torkaman bänˈdär-ā [key] Bandar-e Torkaman…

Ronda

(Encyclopedia) RondaRondarônˈdä [key], town (1990 pop. 34,102), Málaga prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. One of the most colorful of Spanish towns, it is beautifully situated high in the mountains of…

Rapperswil

(Encyclopedia) RapperswilRapperswilräˈpərsvēl [key], town, St. Gall canton, NE Switzerland, on the Lake of Zürich. It has some diversified light industry. Allied with several Swiss cantons after the…

Terrassa

(Encyclopedia) TerrassaTerrassatĕr-räsˈsə [key] or TarrasaTerrassatär-räˈsä [key], town (1990 pop. 161,682), Barcelona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia. It is an industrial town, long famous for its…

Grandson

(Encyclopedia) Grandson Grandson gräNsôNˈ [key], Ger. Grandsee, town, Vaud canton, W Switzerland…

Saumur

(Encyclopedia) SaumurSaumursōmürˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 30,150), Maine-et-Loire dept., W France, on the Loire River. Saumur is noted for its religious-medal industry (dating from the 17th cent.) and…

Greenfield

(Encyclopedia) Greenfield <1> City (2020 pop. 18,937), Monterey co., SW Calif.; inc. 1947. Thirty-three miles SE of Salinas, the town was…