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(Encyclopedia) Jamestown. 1 City (1990 pop. 34,681), Chautauqua co., W N.Y., on Chautauqua Lake; founded c.1806, inc. as a city 1886. It is the business and financial center of a dairy, livestock, and vineyard area....
(Encyclopedia) Portsmouth. 1 City (1990 pop. 25,925), Rockingham co., SE N.H., a port of entry with a good harbor and a state-owned port terminal at the mouth of the Piscataqua River opposite Kittery, Maine; inc. 16...
(Encyclopedia) Saint Francis, river, Canada: see Saint François.
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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) Delaware
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[key], city (2020 pop. 41,302), seat of Delaware co., central Ohio, on the
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(Encyclopedia) Amesbury
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[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) 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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