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(Encyclopedia) Cetshwayo,&sp;KetchwayoCetshwayo,both: kĕchwīˈō [key], or CetewayoCetshwayo,sĕtĭwāˈō, –wīˈō, kĕ– [key], c.1836–1884, king of the Zulus. Cetshwayo gained ascendancy in 1856, when he…Belfort
(Encyclopedia) Belfort Belfort bāfôrˈ, bĕ–, bĕl– [key], city, capital of the Territory…Baker Lake
(Encyclopedia) Baker Lake, c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, W of Chesterfield Inlet of Hudson Bay. It has a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at its western end.Pond Inlet
(Encyclopedia) Pond Inlet, trading post (1991 pop. 974), N Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada, opposite Bylot Island. A government radio station, a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,…Rhine Province
(Encyclopedia) Rhine Province, Ger. Rheinprovinz, former province of Prussia, W Germany. The province was also known as Rhenish Prussia and as the Rhineland. The northern section of the former…Coppermine
(Encyclopedia) Coppermine, river, 525 mi (845 km) long, rising in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada, and winding northwest to enter the Arctic Ocean at Coronation Gulf in Nunavut Territory.…Far Eastern Republic
(Encyclopedia) Far Eastern Republic,&sp;Far Eastern Russia, or Far Eastern Territory: see Russian Far East.Alfonso III, Spanish king of Asturias
(Encyclopedia) Alfonso III (Alfonso the Great), 838?–911?, Spanish king of Asturias (866–911?). He recovered the territory of León from the Moors. The kingdom was consolidated in his reign, but after…Prince of Wales Island, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Prince of Wales Island, c.12,800 sq mi (33,150 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Victoria and Somerset islands. The low tundra-covered island has an irregular coastline and is…Hohenzollern, former province, Germany
(Encyclopedia) Hohenzollern, former province of Germany. After 1945 it became part of the temporary state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern, which was included in the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.…Trending
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