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Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne
(Encyclopedia) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, ÉtienneGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienneātyĕnˈ zhôfrwäˈ săNtēlĕrˈ [key], 1772–1844, French zoologist. He was professor at the Museum of Natural History (1793–1840…Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper
(Encyclopedia) Enfantin, Barthélemy ProsperEnfantin, Barthélemy Prosperbärtālmēˈ prôspĕrˈ äNfäNtăNˈ [key], 1796–1864, French socialist, sometimes called Père Enfantin. He became a leader of the…Saint-Louis
(Encyclopedia) Saint-LouisSaint-LouissăN-lwē [key], city (1988 pop. 160,689), NW Senegal, a port at the mouth of the Senegal River. The terminus of a railroad from Dakar, it is a fishing, trade, and…Nikšić
(Encyclopedia) NikšićNikšićnēkˈshĭch [key], city (2011 pop. 72,443), central Montenegro. It is the commercial center of an agricultural region. It is also an important industrial city with a steel…Severnaya Zemlya
(Encyclopedia) Severnaya ZemlyaSevernaya Zemlyasyĕˈvĭrnīə zĭmlyäˈ [key] [Rus.,=northern land], archipelago, c.14,300 sq mi (37,010 sq km), between the Kara and Laptev seas, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N…Owl and the Nightingale, The
(Encyclopedia) Owl and the Nightingale, The, Middle English poem written probably by Nicholas de Guildford of Dorsetshire about the beginning of the 13th cent. Written in 2,000 lines of octosyllabic…Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
(Encyclopedia) Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaMountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burmamountbătˈən [key], 1900–…Teresa, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Teresa, Saint. For most saints thus named use Theresa, Saint. See also Teresa, Mother.Saint Lambert
(Encyclopedia) Saint LambertSaint Lambertsānt lămˈbərt [key], city (1991 pop. 20,976), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It is a residential suburb of Montreal.Saint François
(Encyclopedia) Saint FrançoisSaint FrançoissăN fräNswäˈ [key] or Saint Francis. 1 River, 165 mi (266 km) long, rising in Lac St. François, SE Que., Canada, and flowing SW through Lac Aylmer to…Trending
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