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(Encyclopedia) Lewis. 1 Early name of the Snake River. 2 River, c.95 mi (155 km) long, rising in the Cascade Range, SW Wash., and flowing SW to the Columbia River NW of Vancouver. Three privately owned dams furnish ...
(Encyclopedia) Cornwall, industrial city, SE Ont.,
Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon
textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and elect...
(Encyclopedia) Mandan mănˈdăn, –dən [key], city (1990 pop. 15,177), seat of Morton co., S N.Dak., on the Missouri River opposite Bismarck; inc. 1881. A railroad division point, it is the distribution center fo...
(Encyclopedia) Delaware
dĕlˈəwâr, –wər
[key], city (2020 pop. 41,302), seat of Delaware co., central Ohio, on the
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(Encyclopedia) Amesbury
āmzˈbĕrˌē, –bərē
[key], town (2020 pop. 17,366), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Merrimack River; inc. 1668. The
town's economy relies on light manufacturing...
(Encyclopedia) Woonsocket wo͞onsŏkˈĭt, wo͝on– [key], city (1990 pop. 43,877), Providence co., N R.I., on both sides of the Blackstone River; settled c.1666, set off from Cumberland 1867, inc. as a city 1888. ...
(Encyclopedia) Hagerstown
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[key], city (2020 pop. 43,527), seat of Washington co., NW Md., on
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(Encyclopedia) Niger nīˈjər [key], great river of W Africa, c.2,600 mi (4,180 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon plateau, SW Guinea, and flowing NE through Guinea and into Mali. In central Mali the Niger forms...
(Encyclopedia) Amherstburg, industrial town, S Ont.,
Canada, on the Detroit River. Fort Malden, built (1797–99) to replace a post lost when
Detroit was ceded to the United States, is now within a natio...
(Encyclopedia) Bristol.
1 Industrial city (2020 pop. 60,833), Hartford co., central
Conn., on the Pequabuck River; settled 1727, inc. 1785. Its clock-making
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