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(Encyclopedia) La Grange lə grānj [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 25,597), seat of Troupe co., W central Ga., inc. 1828. It is an industrial center that produces lumber, plastics, textiles, and transportation equipment. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nitra nyĭˈträ [key], Ger. Neutra, Hung. Nyitra, city (1991 pop. 89,969), W Slovakia, on the Nitra River, a tributary of the Danube. It is an agricultural market center and has extensive food-proces...

(Encyclopedia) Marx, Wilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm [key], 1863–1946, German statesman. A Reichstag member, he was a leading figure of the Catholic Center party and was elected its president in 1921. As chancellor (1923–24...

(Encyclopedia) De Pere dĭ pēr [key], city (2020 pop. 25,410), Brown co., E central Wis., on the Fox River;...

(Encyclopedia) Douala do͞o-äˈlə [key], city, Cameroon, on the Wuori River estuary. Cameroon's largest city ...

(Encyclopedia) Düren dürˈən [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Rur ...

(Encyclopedia) Darmstadt därmˈshtät [key], city, Hesse, central Germany. It is a commercial, industrial, and ...

(Encyclopedia) Daugavpils douˈgäfpēls [key], Ger. Dünaburg, city, SE Latvia, on the Western Dvina River....

(Encyclopedia) Boksburg bŏksˈbûrgˌ [key], city, now part of Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipality, Gauteng prov., NE South Africa. It is an important coal-mining center. Some gold mining is still carried on. Manu...

(Encyclopedia) Bottrop bôtˈrôp [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, in the Ruhr district. It was a small town until ...