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Lillehammer
Lillehammer , town (1995 pop. 24,170), capital of Oppland co., S Norway, at the northern end of Lake Mjøsa. It is a commercial center for the fertile Gudbrandsdalen valley and is a popular summer and winter resort. Its open-air museum, Maihaugen (founded 1887), features complete farms,... Read more |
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town
town in the United States. In the New England states the town is the basic unit of local government . The New England town government's unique feature is the town meeting, much praised as a nearly pure form of democracy. At the annual meeting of voters, town officers are elected and local issues... Read more |
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Monemvasia
Monemvasía, Greece Minoa The name comes from the fact that the town is situated at the foot of a rock that is joined to the mainland by a causeway: thus, ‘Town with only one Entrance’ from moni embasis. Known to the English as Malmsey, it has given its name to a strong, sweet... Read more |
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Samarra
Samarra , town, N central Iraq, on the Tigris River. It is on the site of an ancient settlement and has given its name to a type of Neolithic pottery of the 5th millennium BC The present town was founded (836) by the Abbasid caliphs. Samarra's 17th-century, golden-domed mosque complex, sacred to... Read more |
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Dax
Dax , town (1990 pop. 20,119), Landes dept., SW France, in Gascony, on the Adour River. It has long been famous for its hot mineral springs. An aviation school is in the town.... Read more |
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Edam
Edam , town (1994 pop. 25,640), North Holland prov., N central Netherlands, on IJsselmeer lake; chartered 1357. It is a picturesque town that attracts many tourists. Edam is noted for its cheese.... Read more |
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Zorah
Zorah or Zoreah , in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, the modern Zora, Israel, W of Jerusalem. Zorah was the home of Samson. The town was also called Zareah, and its inhabitants were known as Zorathites or Zareathites.... Read more |
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Walt Disney
Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney) , 1901-66, American movie producer and pioneer in animated cartoons, b. Chicago. He grew up in Missouri, in the small town of Marceline and in Kansas City. He moved to Chicago in 1917, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and began (1920) his career as a... Read more |
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Peronne
Péronne , town (1993 est. pop. 9,200), Somme dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Somme River. It is a farm trade center, and its manufactures include wool, bricks, furniture, and plastics. It was a residence (10th cent.) of the Frankish kings and was united to the French crown in 1477. It was... Read more |
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Benoni
Benoni , town (1991 pop. 288,629), Gauteng, NE South Africa, on the Witwatersrand . It is the distribution center for a gold-mining district and is part of a large industrial complex known for its iron and steel plants. The chief manufacture is electrical equipment. Benoni was founded in 1904.... Read more |
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