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Maringá
(Encyclopedia) MaringáMaringámərēng-gäˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 268,878), Paraná state, SE Brazil. It is an agricultural center whose chief products are coffee, corn, beans, rice, wheat, and sugarcane…Madison Avenue
(Encyclopedia) Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s…Nagaoka
(Encyclopedia) NagaokaNagaokanägäˈôkä [key], city (1990 pop. 185,938), Niigata prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An industrial center, it has oil refineries, chemical and food processing plants,…Luton
(Encyclopedia) LutonLutonl&oomacr;ˈtən [key], borough and unitary authority (1991 pop. 163,209), S central England on the Lea River. Hats, automobiles, ball bearings, and aircraft parts are among…De Mita, Ciriaco Luigi
(Encyclopedia) De Mita, Ciriaco Luigi, 1928–, Italian political leader, premier of Italy (1988–89). A Christian Democrat for most of his political career, he was a member of parliament (1963–94, 1996…Akashi
(Encyclopedia) Akashi Akashi äˌkäˈshē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea and the Akashi Strait. Overfishing and marine pollution have hurt…Huddersfield
(Encyclopedia) Huddersfield, city, Kirklees metropolitan district, N central England, on the Colne River. Its textile industry, including cotton,…Glossop
(Encyclopedia) Glossop Glossop glŏsˈəp [key], town, Derbyshire, central England. It is a residential suburb of…Jülich, town, Germany
(Encyclopedia) Jülich, town (1994 pop. 31,780), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It has some light industry and is the seat of a nuclear research center. Originally a Roman settlement known as…Puteaux
(Encyclopedia) PuteauxPuteauxpütōˈ [key], suburb W of Paris (1990 pop. 42,917), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River. An important industrial center, Puteaux is the birthplace…Trending
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