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Pall Mall

(Encyclopedia) Pall MallPall Mallpĕl mĕl, păl măl [key], street in the City of Westminster borough, London, England. It is the main thoroughfare of St. James's district. St. James's Palace,…

Brewer's: Mall

or Pall Mall (London). From the Latin pellere mallco (to strike with a mallet or bat; so called because it was where the ancient game of pell-mall used to be played. Cotgrave says: “Pale…

mall

(Encyclopedia) mall: see shopping center.

Edina

(Encyclopedia) Edina Edina ēdīˈnə [key], town (2020 pop. 53,494), Hennepin co., E Minn., a residential…

Brewer's: Mall Supper

(A). A harvest feast (North of England). A mal is a feast, our word meal (Anglo-Saxon, mæl). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MallowsMall A B C D E F G…

Brewer's: Pall Mall

A game in which a palle or iron ball is struck through an iron ring with a mall or mallet Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PallacePall-bearers A B C D E…

Louis Malle Biography

Louis MalledirectorBorn: 10/30/1932Birthplace: Thumeries, France Film director best known in the United States for Atlantic City (1980) and My Dinner With Andre (1981). He was first associated with…

shopping center

(Encyclopedia) shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—…

Gruen, Victor

(Encyclopedia) Gruen, VictorGruen, Victorgr&oomacr;ˈən [key], 1903–80, American architect, often called the inventor of the modern shopping mall, b. Vienna as Viktor David Grünbaum. In Vienna, he…

Monroeville

(Encyclopedia) Monroeville, borough (1990 pop. 29,169), Allegheny co., SW Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh; settled 1810, inc. 1952. It is primarily residential, with a major shopping mall. Monroeville…