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(Encyclopedia) KarliKarlikärˈlē [key], village, Maharashtra state, W India. Nearby are Buddhist caves that may have been excavated as early as the 2d cent. b.c. The most famous of them measures 124…Mill Springs
(Encyclopedia) Mill Springs, village, on the Cumberland River, S of Frankfort, SE Ky.; site of the opening battle of the Kentucky-Tennessee campaign of the Civil War and the first important Union…Chenonceaux
(Encyclopedia) ChenonceauxChenonceauxshənôNsōˈ [key], village, Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Cher River. It is famous for its château (built 1515–22), the residence,…Heiligenblut
(Encyclopedia) HeiligenblutHeiligenbluthīˌlĭgənbl&oomacr;tˈ [key] [Ger.,=holy blood], village, Carinthia prov., SW Austria, at the foot of the Grossglockner. It is a winter sports and mountain-…Belle-Alliance
(Encyclopedia) Belle-AllianceBelle-Alliancebelˈ-älyäNsˈ [key], village, central Belgium, near Waterloo. The battle of Waterloo (see Waterloo campaign), where Napoleon I was defeated in June, 1815, is…mark
(Encyclopedia) mark, designation for the free village community that was supposed to have been the unit of primitive German social life. According to a theory formulated in the 19th cent. by Georg…Kholmogory
(Encyclopedia) KholmogoryKholmogorykhŭlˌməgôˈrē [key], village, NW European Russia, SE of Arkhangelsk and at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River. Known since 1355, Kholmogory was a major trade…Aljubarrota
(Encyclopedia) AljubarrotaAljubarrotaəlzh&oomacr;bər-rôˈtə [key], village, Leiria dist., W central Portugal, in Beira Litoral. On Aug. 14, 1385, it was the site of the momentous battle in which…Katonah
(Encyclopedia) Katonah, suburban residential village (1990 pop. 2,400), in Westchester co., SE N.Y., N of New York City. Katohah lies on a reservoir that is part of the Croton River system; the…Mayerling
(Encyclopedia) MayerlingMayerlingmīˈərlĭng [key], village, Lower Austria prov., E Austria, on the Schwechat River, in the Wienerwald (Vienna Woods). It is the site of the hunting lodge (now a convent…Trending
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