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(Encyclopedia) Bangor băngˈgôr, bănˈ–, băngˈgər [key], city (2020 pop. 31,753), seat of Pe...

(Encyclopedia) Sandwich, Ont., Canada, part (since 1935) of the city of Windsor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Benevento bānāvānˈtō [key], city, capital of Benevento prov., in Campania, S Italy. It is a ...

(Encyclopedia) Hull, former city, Que., Canada: see Gatineau. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kimberley kĭmˈbərlē [key], city, now part and seat of Sol Plaatje local municipality, Northern Cape prov., South Africa. Since the 19th cent. the city has been primarily a diamond-mining center, b...

(Encyclopedia) Zimbabwe, ruined city, SE Zimbabwe: see Great Zimbabwe. ...

(Encyclopedia) Henry II, 973–1024, Holy Roman emperor (1014–24) and German king (1002–24), last of the Saxon line. He succeeded his father as duke of Bavaria. When Otto III died without an heir, Henry, who was...

(Encyclopedia) Melbourne, city (1990 pop. 59,646), Brevard co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon); inc. 1888, consolidated with Eau Gallie 1969. It is a tourist and aerospace center near the Atlantic Ocean. The lea...

(Encyclopedia) Corona kərōˈnə [key], city (2020 pop. 157,136), Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1896. The c...

(Encyclopedia) Woburn wo͞oˈbərn [key], city (1990 pop. 35,943), Middlesex co., NE Mass.; settled 1640, inc. as a city 1888. Formerly a major center for tanneries, the city has electrical, pharmaceutical, chemical...