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Bodh Gaya
(Encyclopedia) Bodh Gaya or Buddh Gaya Buddh Gaya both: b&oobreve;d gäˈyä [key],…Torcello
(Encyclopedia) TorcelloTorcellotōrchĕlˈlō [key], village, on a small island of the same name in the Lagoon of Venice, NE Italy, NE of Venice. A prosperous town until the early Middle Ages, it has a…Bicocca, La
(Encyclopedia) Bicocca, LaBicocca, Lalä bēkôkˈkä [key], former village, Lombardy, N Italy, now part of Milan. There, in 1522, the vicomte de Lautrec, commanding a French army and Swiss mercenaries,…Cawdor
(Encyclopedia) CawdorCawdorkôˈdər [key], village, Highland, NE Scotland, SW of Nairn. Cawdor Castle, the earliest remaining piece dating from 1454, was represented by Shakespeare, following tradition…Naseby
(Encyclopedia) NasebyNasebynāzˈbē [key], village, Northamptonshire, central England, near Northampton. Nearby, on June 14, 1645, the parliamentarians under Sir Thomas Fairfax of Cameron and Oliver…Neerwinden
(Encyclopedia) NeerwindenNeerwindennārvĭnˈdən [key], village, Liège prov., E Belgium. In the War of the Grand Alliance the French under Marshal Luxembourg defeated (1693) William III of England there…Innwa
(Encyclopedia) Innwa or Inwa, formerly AvaInnwaäˈvə [key], village, central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River, 10 mi (16 km) S of Mandalay. Founded in 1364, it was the capital of a dynasty of Burmese…Abu Qir
(Encyclopedia) Abu Qir or AbukirAbukirboth: ăˌb&oomacr;kērˈ, əb&oomacr;ˈkər [key], village, N Egypt, on a promontory in the Nile River delta. Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory over the French…Sestriere
(Encyclopedia) SestriereSestrieresĕsˌtrēĕˈrā [key], Fr. SestrièresSestrieresĕstrēârˈ [key], village, alt. 6,670 ft (2,033 m), Piedmont, NW Italy, in the Alps. It is a fashionable winter sports center…Panmunjom
(Encyclopedia) Panmunjom, officially PanmunjeomPanmunjeompănˌm&oobreve;njômˈ [key], village, N South Korea. It lies south of the 38th parallel, the military demarcation line that partitions Korea…Trending
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