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Dracut

(Encyclopedia) Dracut Dracut drāˈkət [key], town (2020 pop. 32,617), Middlesex co., NE Mass., near the N.H…

Horgen

(Encyclopedia) Horgen Horgen hôrˈgən [key], town, Zürich canton, N Switzerland, on the Lake of…

Herne Bay

(Encyclopedia) Herne Bay Herne Bay hûrn [key], town, Kent, SE England. It is a resort with 7 mi (11 km) of coast…

Rorschach

(Encyclopedia) RorschachRorschachrôrˈshäkh [key], town (1990 pop. 9,535), St. Gall canton, NE Switzerland, on Lake Constance. A prosperous commercial town in the Middle Ages, Rorschach is a resort…

Pudsey

(Encyclopedia) PudseyPudseypŭdˈsē, –zē [key], town (1991 pop. 42,886), Leeds metropolitan district, N England. The town is a center of woolen and textile industries. A Moravian school and settlement…

North Highlands

(Encyclopedia) North Highlands, uninc. town (1990 pop. 42,105), Sacramento co., N central Calif., a residential suburb of Sacramento, in the Sacramento valley. The town grew dramatically in the…

Volendam

(Encyclopedia) VolendamVolendamvôˌləndämˈ [key], town, North Holland prov., N central Netherlands, on the Markermeer, near Amsterdam. A picturesque town largely unchanged since the 17th cent., it is…

Copperas Cove

(Encyclopedia) Copperas Cove Copperas Cove kŏpˈərəs [key], town (2020 pop. 36,670), Coryell co., central Tex. In a…

Corby

(Encyclopedia) Corby, town and district, Northamptonshire, central England. Situated over one of the world's largest ironstone fields, Corby has grown…

Cupar

(Encyclopedia) Cupar Cupar k&oomacr;ˈpər [key], town, Fife, Scotland. Cupar was a royal burgh in 1356; it remains…