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(Encyclopedia) Portland. 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set off from Falmou...
(Encyclopedia) Aberdeen
ăbˈərdēnˌ
[key]. 1 Town (2020 pop. 15,935), Harford co., NE Md., in a farm region; inc.
1892. Just south, on Chesapeake Bay, is the U.S. army's huge Aberdeen...
(Encyclopedia) Cleveland, John, 1613–58, English poet and political satirist. He served the royalist cause both as soldier and poet. His best-known work was The Rebel Scot (1644). Though his contemporary fame was ...
(Encyclopedia) Norfolk [1,] [2] nôrˈfək; [2] nôrˈfôkˌ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,476), Madison co., NE Nebr., on the Elkhorn River; inc. 1881. A trade and railroad center in a fertile farming region, it has ...
(Encyclopedia) Athens.
1 City (2020 population 25406), seat of Limestone co., N Al; inc. 1818. One of
the first incorporated cities in Alabma, the city was established a year before the state was
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(Encyclopedia) Garden City.
1 City (2020 pop. 10,289), Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of
entry, distribution center, and industrial city on the Savannah River; inc.
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(Encyclopedia) East Cleveland, city (2020 pop.
13,792), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1911. Mostly
residential, it has some declining light indust...
(Encyclopedia) Lancaster. 1 Uninc. city (1990 pop. 97,291), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in Antelope Valley and in the Mojave Desert; laid out 1894. It developed as a trade center for an irrigated farming area and has...
(Encyclopedia) Columbia
kəlŭmˈbēə
[key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 104,681), Howard co., central Md.,
between W...
(Encyclopedia) Miami mīămˈē, –ə [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. The region of Greater Miami encompasses all of Dade co...