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(Encyclopedia) KohatKohatkōˈhät [key], town (1981 pop. 55,832), N Pakistan, on the Kohat Toi River. The town, enclosed by a wall with 14 gates, is noted for its cotton fabrics and lungis. Kohat…Lanús
(Encyclopedia) LanúsLanúslän&oomacr;sˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 466,755), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. An administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area, it is named for Anacarsis Lanús…Leawood
(Encyclopedia) LeawoodLeawoodlēˈw&oobreve;d [key], city (1990 pop. 19,693), Johnson co., NE Kans., a suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1948. An agricultural trade center that has undergone major…Dornoch
(Encyclopedia) Dornoch Dornoch dôrˈnŏkh, –nŏk [key], town, Highland, N Scotland, on Dornoch Firth. It is a summer…Newport, town, England
(Encyclopedia) Newport, town (1991 pop. 19,758), Isle of Wight, S England. It is also a port and the commercial center of the island, with agricultural markets and light industries (plastics, soft…Lynbrook
(Encyclopedia) Lynbrook, village (1990 pop. 19,208), Nassau co., SE N.Y.; inc. 1911. It is a suburb of New York City on the south shore of Long Island. There is sheet-metal and furniture manufacture…limner
(Encyclopedia) limnerlimnerlĭmˈnər [key], the work of untrained, generally anonymous artists active in the English American colonies. Characteristic examples of their paintings show flat, awkward,…Mocha
(Encyclopedia) MochaMochamōˈkə [key], town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port…Melitopol
(Encyclopedia) MelitopolMelitopolmālyētôˈpəl [key], city (1989 pop. 174,000), S Ukraine, on the Molochnoy River. A manufacturing center, it produces heavy machinery and has flour mills and food-…Cranston
(Encyclopedia) Cranston, industrial city (2020 pop. 82,934), Providence co., central R.I., a residential suburb of Providence; inc. as a town 1754, as…Trending
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