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Dharamsala
(Encyclopedia) Dharamsala, town, Himachal Pradesh, N India. Located on the slopes of the Kangra valley at the edge of Dhauladhar range in the outer…Chigirin
(Encyclopedia) ChigirinChigirinchĭgĭrēnˈ [key], Ukr. Chyhyryn, city, central Ukraine, on the Tyasmin River, a tributary of the Dnieper. Founded in 1589 as a fortress, Chigirin served as the residence…Coburg
(Encyclopedia) Coburg Coburg kōˈb&oobreve;rk [key], city, Bavaria, central W Germany, on the Itz River. Coburg's…Jezreel
(Encyclopedia) JezreelJezreeljĕzˈrēĕl [key] [Heb.,=God sows]. 1 City, ancient Palestine, in the plain of Esdraelon, halfway from Megiddo to the Jordan, and mentioned in the Bible. Situated on land…Bamburgh
(Encyclopedia) BamburghBamburghbămˈbərə [key], village, Northumberland, NE England, on the North Sea. It was the capital of ancient Bernicia and for a time of Northumbria. In the 6th cent. a castle…Scotland Yard
(Encyclopedia) Scotland Yard, headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a…San Ildefonso, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) San Ildefonso, Treaty of, any of several treaties signed at the royal residence of San Ildefonso, Spain. 1 The Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1796 was an alliance of France with Spain…Baden, town, Switzerland
(Encyclopedia) Baden, anc. Aquae Helveticae, town, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, on the Limmat River. A noted spa since ancient times, the town has…Beaune
(Encyclopedia) Beaune Beaune bōn [key], town, Côte-d'Or dept., E France, in Burgundy. It is a noted…Friedrichshafen
(Encyclopedia) Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen frēˈdrĭkhs-häˌfən [key], city, Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, a port on…Trending
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