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East Hartford
(Encyclopedia)East Hartford, urban town (2020 pop. 51,045), Hartford co., central Conn., on the Connecticut River opposite Hartford; settled c.1640, inc. 1783. East H...East Haven
(Encyclopedia)East Haven, town (2020 pop. 27,923, New Haven co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound, a residential suburb of New Haven, in a farm area; inc. 1785. Light in...East Indies
(Encyclopedia)East Indies, name formerly used for the Malay Archipelago, but also more restrictively for Indonesia and more widely to include SE Asia. It once referred chiefly to India. ...East Kilbride
(Encyclopedia)East Kilbride kĭlbrīdˈ [key], town, South Lanarkshire, S central Scotland. Established in 1946 ...East Lansing
(Encyclopedia)East Lansing, city (2020 pop. 47,741, Ingham co., S central Mich., a suburb of Lansing, on the Red Cedar River; inc. 1907. The city was first known as C...East Liverpool
(Encyclopedia)East Liverpool, industrial city (2020 pop. 9,958), Columbiana co., E central Ohio, on the Ohio River near the Pa. and W.Va. borders; settled 1798 as St....East London
(Encyclopedia)East London, city, now part and seat of Buffalo City metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., SE South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. East London grew around a British military post founded in 184...East Longmeadow
(Encyclopedia)East Longmeadow, town (2020 pop. 16,430), Hampden co., SW Mass., a suburb of Springfield; settled c.1740, set off from Longmeadow and inc. 1894. It is c...East Lothian
(Encyclopedia)East Lothian lōˈᵺēən [key], council area (1993 est. pop. 85,640), 262 sq mi (677 sq km), and former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of East Lothian became...East Lyme
(Encyclopedia)East Lyme līm [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 colonial buildings incl...Browse by Subject
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