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Vattel, Emerich de

(Encyclopedia)Vattel, Emerich de āˈmərĭkh də vätĕlˈ [key], 1714–67, Swiss philosopher and jurist. He served (1746–58) as Saxon minister at Bern and later in the cabinet of Augustus III at Dresden. He is...

Sancho IV, Spanish king of Castile and León

(Encyclopedia)Sancho IV (Sancho the Brave) sänˈchō [key], 1257?-1295, Spanish king of Castile and León (1284–95), son and successor of Alfonso X. On the death (1275) of his elder brother, Ferdinand de la Cerd...

Ouachita

(Encyclopedia)Ouachita wôˈshĭtôˌ [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising in the Ouachita Mts., W Ark. It flows east, southeast, and south through a cotton-producing region of S Arkansas and NE Louisiana a...

Murray Bay

(Encyclopedia)Murray Bay, Canada: see La Malbaie. ...

labor union

(Encyclopedia)labor union: see union, labor.

trade union

(Encyclopedia)trade union: see union, labor.

Punta Gallinas

(Encyclopedia)Punta Gallinas, Colombia: see La Guajira. ...

Bagotville

(Encyclopedia)Bagotville: see La Baie, Que., Canada. ...

Ramón

(Encyclopedia)Ramón: see Gómez de la Serna, Ramón. ...

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