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Abertillery

(Encyclopedia) Abertillery Abertillery ăbˌərtĭlârˈē [key], town, Blaenau Gwent, SE Wales. The town, an agricultural market, produces tin plate and has a brewing industry.

Douai

(Encyclopedia) Douai Douai d&oomacr;ˈā, d&oomacr;āˈ [key], town, Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders, on…

Smithfield, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Smithfield, town (1990 pop. 19,163), Providence co., N R.I.; set off from Providence and inc. 1731. Long a textile town, it now has diversified industries. It was settled early in the…

Positano

(Encyclopedia) PositanoPositanopōsētäˈnō [key], town, Salerno, Italy, on the north coast of the Gulf of Salerno. It is a resort town and tourist center.

Branford

(Encyclopedia) Branford, town (2020 pop. 28,273), New Haven co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled 1644, inc. as a town 1930. Branford is mainly…

Wolfville

(Encyclopedia) Wolfville, town (1991 pop. 3,475), W central N.S., Canada, on the southwest shore of Minas Basin. It is a market center for a dairy, fruit-growing, and wine-producing area. Acadia Univ…

Bushey

(Encyclopedia) Bushey, town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Bushey is a residential town just N of Greater London. The local church contains windows by…

Whitman

(Encyclopedia) Whitman, town (1990 pop. 13,240), Plymouth co., SE Mass., S of Boston; settled c.1670, set off from Abington and inc. 1875. It is an industrial town that manufactures plastics and…

Saint Pierre, town, St. Pierre and Miquelon

(Encyclopedia) Saint PierreSaint PierresăN pyĕr [key], town (2006 pop. 5,509), capital of the French territorial collectivity of St. Pierre and Miquelon, on the E coast of St. Pierre island. St.…

Návpaktos

(Encyclopedia) NávpaktosNávpaktosnäfˈpäktôs [key] or NaupactusNaupactusnôpăkˈtəs [key], town, central Greece, a port on the strait (Strait of Ríon or Lepanto) between the gulfs of Corinth and Pátrai…