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Clare
(Encyclopedia) Clare, county, 1,231 sq mi (3,188 sq km), W Republic of Ireland, between Galway Bay and the Shannon River. The county and Roman Catholic…Staffordshire
(Encyclopedia) StaffordshireStaffordshirestăfˈərdshĭr [key], county (1991 pop. 1,020,300), 1,157 sq mi (2,997 sq km), W central England. The county seat is Stafford. Administratively, Staffordshire…East Sussex
(Encyclopedia) East Sussex, county, 693 sq mi (1,795 sq km), extreme SE England. It comprises five administrative districts: Eastbourne, Hastings,…Schaumburg-Lippe
(Encyclopedia) Schaumburg-LippeSchaumburg-Lippeshoumˈb&oobreve;rkh-lĭpˈə [key], former state, N Germany, E of the Weser River. In 1946 it was placed in Lower Saxony. Bückeburg was the capital. It…Cumbria
(Encyclopedia) Cumbria, county, 2,635 sq mi (6,826 sq km), extreme NW England. The county stretches from the Morecambe Bay to Soloway Firth along the…Greater Manchester
(Encyclopedia) Greater Manchester, former metropolitan county, 497 sq mi (1,288 sq km), W central England. It comprised ten administrative districts (metropolitan boroughs): Bolton, Bury, Manchester…Montbéliard
(Encyclopedia) MontbéliardMontbéliardmôNbālyärˈ [key], industrial town (1990 pop. 30,639), Doubs dept., E France, on the Rhône-Rhine Canal. Automobiles are the town's primary manufacture. With its…Laoighis
(Encyclopedia) Laoighis,&sp;Laois, or LeixLeixall: lāsh, lēsh [key], county (1991 pop. 52,325), 664 sq mi (1,720 sq km), central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Port Laoise (Maryborough…Telemark
(Encyclopedia) TelemarkTelemarktĕˈləmärk [key], county (1995 pop. 163,143), 5,915 sq mi (15,320 sq km), SE Norway, bordering on the Skagerrak in the east. Skien (the capital), Porsgrunn, Kragerø, and…Brie
(Encyclopedia) BrieBriebrē [key], region, Marne and Seine-et-Marne depts., N France, E of Paris. Rich in wheat and cattle, it is famous for Brie cheese. The smaller section of the region (Brie…Trending
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