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Neath
(Encyclopedia) NeathNeathnēth [key], Welsh Castell-nedd, town (1981 pop. 48,687), Neath Port Talbot, S Wales, on the Neath River. Neath is both a market and an industrial town. Metallurgy and a…Milwaukie
(Encyclopedia) Milwaukie, city (1990 pop. 18,692), Clackamas and Multnomah counties, NW Oreg., on the Willamette River; inc. 1903. The city is a distribution center for farms and orchards of the…Monclova
(Encyclopedia) MonclovaMonclovamŏnclōvə [key], city (1990 pop. 177,792), central Coahuila state, Mexico. Situated on the northern end of the Sierra Madre Oriental, it is a regional commercial and…Motherwell and Wishaw
(Encyclopedia) Motherwell and WishawMotherwell and Wishawwĭshˈô [key], town (1991 pop. 30,616), North Lanarkshire, S central Scotland. The two parts of the town were united in 1920. Formerly a center…Montrose
(Encyclopedia) Montrose, town (1991 pop. 12,127), Angus, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the South Esk River. Open to water on three sides, it is a spacious resort town, with flax and…M'Bour
(Encyclopedia) M'BourM'Bourəmb&oomacr;rˈ [key], town, W Senegal, on the Atlantic Ocean. Ilmenite, rutile, and yirconium are extracted from the titanium ore mined nearby. M'Bour also processes and…Mercedes
(Encyclopedia) MercedesMercedesmĕrsāˈᵺēs [key], city (1996 pop. 39,139), capital of Soriano dept., SW Uruguay, a port on the Río Negro. An agricultural and livestock center, the city has a shipyard…Pekin
(Encyclopedia) PekinPekinpēˈkĭn [key], city (1990 pop. 32,254), seat of Tazewell co., central Ill., a port on the Illinois River; inc. 1839. A processing, rail, and shipping point in a grain,…Daimler, Gottlieb
(Encyclopedia) Daimler, GottliebDaimler, Gottliebdāmˈlər, Ger. gôtˈlēp dīmˈlər [key], 1834–1900, German engineer, inventor, and pioneer automobile manufacturer. His improvements in the internal-…Datia
(Encyclopedia) Datia Datia dŭˈtēä [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, N central India. It is a district…