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Auerstedt
(Encyclopedia) AuerstedtAuerstedtouˈərshtĕt [key], village, Thuringia, S central Germany. At Auerstedt on Oct. 14, 1806 (the same day Napoleon I triumphed at Jena), French Marshal Louis Nicholas…Vimeiro
(Encyclopedia) VimeiroVimeirovēmāˈrō [key], village, Lisboa dist., W central Portugal, in Estremadura. It was the scene of a battle (1808) of the Peninsular War, in which Wellington defeated Junot,…Turner Valley
(Encyclopedia) Turner Valley, village (1991 pop. 1,352), SW Alta., Canada, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., on the Sheep River, SW of Calgary. It is in the center of the Turner Valley oil and natural…Winchelsea
(Encyclopedia) WinchelseaWinchelseawĭnˈchəlsē [key], village, East Sussex, SE England. Winchelsea was an important member of the Cinque Ports.Port Republic
(Encyclopedia) Port Republic, village, NW Va., on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. During the Civil War, on June 8–9, 1862, the last battle of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson's successful…Steenkerque
(Encyclopedia) SteenkerqueSteenkerquestānkĕrkˈ [key], Du. Steenkerke, village, Hainaut prov., S Belgium, near Mons. There, in 1692, the French under Marshal François Henri de Luxembourg defeated…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,…Chevy Chase
(Encyclopedia) Chevy Chase Chevy Chase chĕvˈē [key], town (2020 pop. 10,176), Montgomery co., W central Md., a…Lindenhurst
(Encyclopedia) LindenhurstLindenhurstlĭnˈdənhûrstˌ [key], village (1990 pop. 26,879), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on S Long Island; inc. 1923. Primarily residential, it manufactures goods such as paper,…Trending
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