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(Encyclopedia) Utrecht, city (1994 pop. 234,106), capital of Utrecht prov., central Netherlands, on a branch of the Lower Rhine (Neder Rijn) River. It is a transportation, financial, and industrial center. Manufactu...

(Encyclopedia) Nob, in the Bible, religious center just N of Jerusalem. Saul had its inhabitants massacred.

(Encyclopedia) Cranbrook, city, SE British Columbia, Canada. It is a lumbering, tourism, and lead-zinc mining center.

(Encyclopedia) León, city (1990 pop. 137,758), capital of León prov., NW Spain, in Castile and León, at the foot of the Cantabrian Mts. and at the confluence of the Bernesga and Torio rivers. It is an agricultura...

(Encyclopedia) Libreville lēbrəvēlˈ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 362,400), capital of Gabon, a port on the Gabon River estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. Primarily an administrative center, it is also a trade cent...

(Encyclopedia) Lynchburg, independent city (1990 pop. 66,049), in but administratively not a part of Campbell co., central Va., on the James River; settled 1757, inc. as a city 1852. It is a trade center and tobacco...

(Encyclopedia) Bochum bōˈkho͝om [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. Mentioned in the 9th ce...

(Encyclopedia) Clarksburg, city (2020 pop. 14,929), seat of Harrison co., N central W.Va., at the confluence of Elk Creek and the West Fork of the Monongahela River; i...

(Encyclopedia) Clonmel klŏnmĕlˈ [key], town, administrative center of South Riding, Co. Tipperary, S Repu...

(Encyclopedia) Ídhra hīˈdrə [key], island, 21 sq mi (54 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, off the Argolís peninsula of the Peloponnesus. It is mostly barren and rocky. Ídhra town is the center of populatio...