textile manufacture
111Economy of Guadeloupe — The economy of Guadeloupe depends on agriculture, tourism, light industry, and services. It also depends on France for large subsidies and imports.Tourism is a key industry; an increasingly large number of cruise ships visit the islands. The… …
112Titus Salt — Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet (20 September 1803 ndash; 29 December 1876), born in Morley, near Leeds, was a manufacturer, politician and philanthropist in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. His father Daniel Salt was a fairly successful… …
113Kilwinning — Infobox UK place official name= Kilwinning gaelic name= Cill Fhinnean scots name= Kilwinnin local name= country= Scotland map type= Scotland population= 15,908 population density= os grid reference= NS299433 edinburgh distance= london distance=… …
114Heywood, Greater Manchester — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.5906 longitude= 2.2190 official name= Heywood population= 28,024 metropolitan borough= Rochdale metropolitan county= Greater Manchester region= North West England constituency westminster= Heywood… …
115Kawagoe — Ka·wa·goe (kə wäʹgoi, gô ĕ) A city of east central Honshu, Japan, northwest of Tokyo. Its manufactures include silk textiles. Population: 316,313. * * * ▪ Japan city, Saitama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the northern Musashino… …
116geneva — /jeuh nee veuh/, n. Hollands. [1700 10; < D genever < OF genevre < L juniperus JUNIPER] * * * I French Genève German Genf Italian Ginevra City (pop., 2001 est.: urban agglom., 464,000), capital of Geneva canton, southwestern Switzerland. At the… …
117Geneva — /jeuh nee veuh/, n. 1. a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920 46. 155,800. 2. a canton in SW Switzerland. 335,800; 109 sq. mi. (282 sq. km). 3. Lake of. Also …
118Hunan — /hooh nahn /, n. 1. Pinyin, Wade Giles. a province in S China. 37,810,000; 81,274 sq. mi. (210,500 sq. km). Cap.: Changsha. 2. Also, Hunam /hooh nahm /. Chinese Cookery. a style of cooking from this province, characterized esp. by the use of hot… …
119Manitoba — Manitoban, adj., n. /man i toh beuh/, n. 1. a province in central Canada. 1,005,953; 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbr.: Man. Cap.: Winnipeg. 2. Lake, a lake in the S part of this province. 120 mi. (195 km) long; 1817 sq. mi. (4705 sq. km).… …
120Middlesex — /mid l seks /, n. 1. a former county in SE England, now part of Greater London. 2. a borough in central New Jersey. 13,480. * * * Historic county, southeastern England, situated along the River Thames. Its earliest settlements date from 500 BC;… …
