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Maggiore, Lago
(Encyclopedia) Maggiore, LagoMaggiore, Lagoläˈgō mäd-jôˈrā [key], or VerbanoVerbanovārbäˈnō [key], second largest lake in Italy, 82 sq mi (212 sq km), in the Alpine foothills of Piedmont and Lombardy…Chabot, Philippe de
(Encyclopedia) Chabot, Philippe deChabot, Philippe defēlēpˈ də shäbōˈ [key], also known as Amiral de BrionChabot, Philippe debrēôNˈ [key], 1480–1543, count of Charny and of Buzançois, admiral of…Henry Gassaway DAVIS, Congress, WV (1823-1916)
Senate Years of Service: 1871-1883 Party: Democrat DAVIS Henry Gassaway , a Senator from West Virginia; born near Woodstock, Howard County, Md., November 16, 1823; attended the country schools…Salisbury, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Salisbury. 1 City (1990 pop. 20,592), seat of Wicomico co., Md., on the Eastern Shore, at the head of the Wicomico River; settled 1732, inc. 1872. Poultry raising and processing is the…Pinerolo
(Encyclopedia) PineroloPinerolopēnārôˈlō [key], Fr. Pignerol, city (1991 pop. 35,331), Piedmont, NW Italy, at the foot of the Alps. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Manufactures include…Arnaud, Henri
(Encyclopedia) Arnaud, HenriArnaud, HenriäNrēˈ ärnōˈ [key], 1641–1721, pastor and leader of the Waldenses. When Victor Amadeus II, duke of Savoy, in league with the French, set out to expel the…Laibach, Congress of
(Encyclopedia) Laibach, Congress ofLaibach, Congress oflīˈbäkh [key], conference of European powers in 1821, held in what is now Ljubljana, Slovenia. The chief powers at the congress were Russia,…gneiss
(Encyclopedia) gneissgneissnīs [key], coarse-grained, imperfectly foliated, or layered, metamorphic rock. Gneiss is characterized by alternating light and dark bands differing in mineral composition…Charlottesville
(Encyclopedia) Charlottesville Charlottesville shärˈlətsvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 46,553), seat of Albemarle co.,…Brewer's: Lynch Law
Mob-law, law administered by private persons. According to Webster, the word lynch refers to a Mr. James Lynch, a farmer, of Piedmont, in Virginia. The tale is that, as Piedmont, on the…Trending
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