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Clogher

(Encyclopedia)Clogher klŏkhˈər [key], town, Co. Tyrone, central Northern Ireland, on the Blackwater Rive...

(Encyclopedia)Milford Haven, Welsh Aberdaugleddau, town (1981 pop. 13,883), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales. It is a seaport on the northern side of the estuary called Milford Haven. The bay forms a natural harbor that can...

Monaghan, county, Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Monaghan mŏnˈəhən, –hănˌ [key], county (1991 pop. 51,293), 498 sq mi (1,290 sq km), N Republic of Ireland, bordered on the N by Northern Ireland. The county seat is Monaghan. The northwest por...

Northern Cape

(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...

Northern Cross

(Encyclopedia)Northern Cross: see Cygnus.

Northern Crown

(Encyclopedia)Northern Crown: see Corona Borealis. ...

Northern Dvina

(Encyclopedia)Northern Dvina, river: see Dvina (Northern Dvina). ...

Northern Expedition

(Encyclopedia)Northern Expedition, in modern Chinese history, the military campaign by which the Kuomintang party overthrew the warlord-backed Beijing government and established a new government at Nanjing. At the ...