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(Encyclopedia) South Farmingdale, uninc. town (1990 pop. 15,377), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. It is chiefly residential.

(Encyclopedia) South Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Sheffield conurbation and comprised four metropolitan distr...

(Encyclopedia) South River, borough (1990 pop. 13,692), Middlesex co., E N.J.; settled 1720, inc. 1898. Manufactures include clothing, furniture, and handkerchiefs. ...

(Encyclopedia) South Ossetia: see Ossetia.

(Encyclopedia) South Vietnam: see Vietnam.

(Encyclopedia) South Korea: see under Korea.

(Encyclopedia) South Saskatchewan: see Saskatchewan, river. ...

(Encyclopedia) South Downs: see Downs, North, chalk hills, England. ...

(Encyclopedia) Heyward, Thomas, 1746–1809, political leader and soldier in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. near Charleston, S.C. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress...

(Encyclopedia) South Burlington, city (1990 pop. 12,809), Chittenden co., NW Vt., on Lake Champlain; inc. 1971. Electronic equipment, skiing equipment, and medical instruments are manufactured. Burlington Internatio...