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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) East Indies, name formerly used for the Malay Archipelago, but also more restrictively for Indonesia and more widely to include SE Asia. It once referred chiefly to India. ...

(Encyclopedia) East Peoria, city (2020 pop. 22,484), Tazewell co., N central Ill., on the Illinois River opposite Peoria; inc. 1919. A rail and warehousing center for ...

(Encyclopedia) Soviet Far East: see Russian Far East. ...

(Encyclopedia) East Haven, town (2020 pop. 27,923, New Haven co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound, a residential suburb of New Haven, in a farm area; inc. 1785. Light in...

(Encyclopedia) East Lansing, city (2020 pop. 47,741, Ingham co., S central Mich., a suburb of Lansing, on the Red Cedar River; inc. 1907. The city was first known as C...

(Encyclopedia) East Orange, city (2020 pop. 69,612), Essex co., NE N.J.; settled 1678, separated from Orange and inc. 1863. A residential city adjacent to Newark, it a...

(Encyclopedia) East Saint Louis lo͞oˈĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 25,377), St. Clair co., SW Ill., on the Mississippi ...

(Encyclopedia) East Coolgardie Goldfield ko͞olgärˈdē [key], Western Australia, SW Australia. It is the richest gold field in Australia. The chief mining center is the town of Kalgoorlie. Coolgardie, of little im...

(Encyclopedia) German East Africa, former German colony, c.370,000 sq mi (958,300 sq km), E Africa. Dar es Salaam was the capital. German influence emerged in the area in 1884 when Carl Peters, the German explorer, ...