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Clonmacnoise
(Encyclopedia) ClonmacnoiseClonmacnoiseklŏnmăknoizˈ [key], village, Co. Offaly, central Republic of Ireland, on the Shannon River. The monastery founded (548) on the site by St. Kieran became the…Kinderhook
(Encyclopedia) KinderhookKinderhookkĭnˈdərh&oobreve;kˌ [key], village (1990 pop. 1,293), Columbia co., SE N.Y.; settled before the Revolution, inc. 1838. Richard Upjohn designed St. Paul's Church…Lake George
(Encyclopedia) Lake George, village (1990 est. pop. 1,100), seat of Warren co., E N.Y.; inc. 1903. Situated on the southern tip of Lake George in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts., it has been a…Plombières
(Encyclopedia) PlombièresPlombièresplôNbyĕrˈ [key] or Plombières-les-BainsPlombières-les-Bains–lā-băN [key], village, Vosges dept., NE France, in the Vosges Mts. It is a fashionable spa, with…Baliqiao
(Encyclopedia) BaliqiaoBaliqiaobä-lē-chēou [key] or PalikaoPalikaopäˈlēˈkouˈ [key], village, Hebei prov., China, near Beijing. There, in 1860, a British and French force that had recently occupied…Ouchy
(Encyclopedia) OuchyOuchy&oomacr;shēˈ [key], village, Vaud canton, W Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. It is the port and shorefront of Lausanne. Ouchy is a resort and was at times the…Corsicana
(Encyclopedia) Corsicana Corsicana kôrsĭkănˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 25,109), seat of Navarro co., E central Tex.; inc…Custoza
(Encyclopedia) CustozaCustozak&oomacr;stôˈtsä [key] or CustozzaCustoza–tôtˈtsä [key], village, Venetia, N Italy, near Verona. It was the scene of an Austrian victory over Sardinia in 1848 (see…Sittwe
(Encyclopedia) SittweSittwesĭtˈwē [key] or AkyabSittweăk yăbˈ [key], city (1983 pop. 107,607), capital of Rakhine State, W Myanmar, at the mouth of the Kaladan River and on the Bay of Bengal. It is…Sainte Anne de Beaupré
(Encyclopedia) Sainte Anne de BeaupréSainte Anne de BeauprésăNtănˈ də bōprāˈ, Fr. săNtănˈdə bōprāˈ [key], village (1991 pop. 3,146), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River and NE of Quebec. It is…Trending
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