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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 3691
Land area (2000): 6.840166 sq. miles (17.715947 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.840166 sq. miles (17.715947 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62040
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.407311 N, 92.917352 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50219
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pella
Wikipedia
Pella is one of the regional units of Greece, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. It is named after the ancient city of Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia and the birthplace of Alexander the Great. The capital of Pella is Edessa with a population of 19,036 inhabitants according to the census of 2011, while the largest city and industrial and commercial center is Giannitsa with 29,789 inhabitants. Other important centers are the towns Krya Vrisi, Aridea and Skidra.
Pella may refer to:
Pella , is best known as the ancient and wealthy capital of the kingdom of Macedon in the time of Alexander the Great. On the site of the ancient city is the Archaeological Museum of Pella.
Pella is a village and a municipality in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. It is located on the site of ancient Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia and birthplace of Alexander The Great. The capital of the municipality is Giannitsa, the largest town of the regional unit. On the site of the ancient city of Pella is the Archaeological Museum of Pella.
The Pella Corporation is a privately held window and door manufacturing company headquartered in Pella, Iowa, and with manufacturing and sales operations in a number of locations in the United States.
The company was founded in 1925 when Peter Kuyper and his wife Lucille invested $5,000 to buy the Rolscreen Company, a small business that had created the Rolscreen insect window screen that rolls out of sight when not in use. In 1926 they moved the company to Pella, Iowa, where the Kuyper family had a lumber business. The company developed into one of the largest window manufacturers in the United States. The company changed its name to Pella Corporation in 1992. In 2007, Pella Corporation, which had historically focused on the residential construction sector, bought Efco Corp., a manufacturer of commercial windows in Monett, Missouri.
Pella (Palestine) was an Ancient city and bishopric in Palestine, which is now a Catholic titular see.
Usage examples of "pella".
Before Parmenion could reply, a servant announced the arrival of the messengers from Pella.
Felisin told Pella in a low voice before resuming her walk through the Twistings Gate.
It will trigger an epidemic so virulent it will take out Pharos, Pella, Leynart, most of their household, and a sizable portion of the population of Kymil in the most innocent possible fashion, coincidentally leaving our cleanhanded and horrified Cerdic with Regency over his imbecile uncle.
I used to like Pella when I was little because many of the residents put little windmills in their front yards, which made it kind of interesting.
Pella eyed her for a moment, something she was beginning to recognize as a rhetorical device.