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(Encyclopedia) Samcheok or Samchok sämˈchôkˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 83,815), Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., E South Korea, a port on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a large industrial center in the heart of a ri...

(Encyclopedia) Ely, town, Cambridgeshire, E central England. It is a market town for the surrounding rich farming area and has food-processing industries. Tourism is a...

(Encyclopedia) Fresnillo frāsnēˈyō [key], city, Zacatecas state, N central Mexico. The city, a rail and ...

(Encyclopedia) Åbenrå ôˈbənrôˈ [key], city, capital of Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, at the head of the Åbenrå Fjord. It is a port and the commercial center for a rich agricult...

(Encyclopedia) Cobre, El ĕl kōˈbrā [key], town, Santiago de Cuba prov., SE Cuba, in a high valley of the Sierra Maestra. Once famous for rich copper mines (hence the name El Cobre), it is chiefly noted for a shr...

(Encyclopedia) Ferrier, Kathleen, 1912–53, British contralto, b. Higher Walton, Lancashire. Ferrier began voice lessons at 25. She became known for her rich, expressive, and remarkably low voice. Her celebrated pe...

(Encyclopedia) Kasai or Cassai, river, c.1,100 mi (1,800 km) long, rising in central Angola, S central Africa, flowing E, N, and NW through W Congo (Kinshasa) to the Congo River; it forms part of the Angola-Congo bo...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Catharines, city (1991 pop. 129,300), S Ont., Canada, on the Welland Ship Canal. An industrial center in a rich fruit-growing region, it has canneries and wineries as well as textile and paper m...

(Encyclopedia) Rantoul rănto͞olˈ [key], village (1990 pop. 17,212), Champaign co., E Ill., in a rich blackland farm area that yields corn and soybeans; inc. 1868. The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum and the Korea...

(Encyclopedia) Grahamstown, city, now part and seat of Makana local municipality, Eastern Cape prov., SE South Africa. It manufactures pottery and is the commercial center for a rich agricultural region. Founded in ...