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Datia

(Encyclopedia) Datia Datia dŭˈtēä [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, N central India. It is a district…

Daimler, Gottlieb

(Encyclopedia) Daimler, GottliebDaimler, Gottliebdāmˈlər, Ger. gôtˈlēp dīmˈlər [key], 1834–1900, German engineer, inventor, and pioneer automobile manufacturer. His improvements in the internal-…

East Lyme

(Encyclopedia) East LymeEast Lymelīm [key], town (1990 est. pop. 14,000), New London co., SE Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled c.1660, inc. 1839. The town has diversified light industry. Its many…

Armentières

(Encyclopedia) Armentières Armentières ärməntērzˈ, Fr. ärmäNtyĕrˈ [key], town, Nord dept., N France, in Flanders, on the Lys River. It has foundries, boiler works,…

Évry

(Encyclopedia) Évry Évry āvrēˈ [key], town, capital of Essonne dept., N central France. The major…

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…

Brienz

(Encyclopedia) Brienz Brienz brēĕntsˈ [key], town, Bern canton, central Switzerland, on the northeast shore of…

Briey

(Encyclopedia) BrieyBrieybrēāˈ [key], town, Meurthe-et-Moselle dept., in Lorraine, NE France. It is at the center of the huge Briey iron-ore basin (see Lorraine) and has a chemical industry.