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(Greek `summit')
City in Ohio, USA, on the Cuyahoga River, 56
km/35 mi SE of Cleveland; population (1980)
660,000. Almost half the world supply of
rubber is processed here. history Akron was
first settled 1807. B F Goodrich
established a rubber factory 1870, and the
industry grew immensely with the rising
demand for car tyres from about 1910.