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(Encyclopedia) Scrooby, village, Nottinghamshire, central England. It was the home of William Brewster, the Plymouth colonist, and other founding members of the Pilgrims.Shoreview
(Encyclopedia) Shoreview, residential village (1990 pop. 24,587), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul; settled 1850, set off from Mounds View and inc. 1957. Built around seven lakes, the…Saranac Lake
(Encyclopedia) Saranac Lake, village (1990 pop. 5,377), Essex and Franklin counties, N N.Y., in the Adirondacks; settled c.1819 as a lumbering town, inc. 1892. It is a year-round resort community;…Fotheringhay
(Encyclopedia) FotheringhayFotheringhayfŏᵺˈərĭng-gā [key], village, Northamptonshire, central England, on the Nene River. Fotheringhay Castle (12th cent.), now in ruins, was the birthplace of Richard…Gretna Green
(Encyclopedia) Gretna Green, village, Dumfries and Galloway, S Scotland, on the border with England. It was famous as a place of runaway marriages from 1754, when English marriage law was tightened,…Boğazköy
(Encyclopedia) Boğazköy or BoghazkeuiBoghazkeuibōäzˈköy [key], village, N central Turkey. Boğazköy (or Hattusas as it was called) was the chief center of the Hittite empire (1400–1200 b.c.), which…Moosonee
(Encyclopedia) MoosoneeMoosoneem&oomacr;ˈsənē [key], village, NE Ont., Canada, on the Moose River near James Bay. It is the northern terminus of the Ontario Northland RR and Ontario's only…Aughrim
(Encyclopedia) Aughrim or AghrimAghrimôgˈrĭm, ôkh– [key], village, Co. Galway, W central Republic of Ireland. It was the scene of a battle (July 12, 1691) in which the forces of William III of Great…Eastpointe
(Encyclopedia) Eastpointe, formerly East Detroit, city (2020 pop. 34,318), Macomb co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. 1925 as Halfway Village…Baia
(Encyclopedia) BaiaBaiabīˈä [key], Lat. Baiae, village, in Campania, S Italy, on the Bay of Naples. In Roman times it was a celebrated spa and a favorite imperial residence, with sumptuous villas (…Trending
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