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Condamine, La
(Encyclopedia)Condamine, La: see Monaco.Hougue, La
(Encyclopedia)Hougue, La: see Hogue, La.Hogue, La
(Encyclopedia)Hogue, La lä o͞og [key], cape on the northeast coast of the Cotentin peninsula, France, on the English Channel. Off the cape, during the War of the Grand Alliance, a French fleet under Tourville was...Gonâve, La
(Encyclopedia)Gonâve, La, oblong island (1991 est. pop. 79,188), 254 sq mi (658 sq km), in the Gulf of Gonaïves, Ouest dept., W Haiti. The largest of Hispaniola's smaller neighboring islands, it is c.35 mi (56 km...Gruyère, La
(Encyclopedia)Gruyère, La lä grüyĕrˈ [key], district in Fribourg canton, W Switzerland. It is famous for its ...Granja, La
(Encyclopedia)Granja, La: see San Ildefonso, Spain. ...Flèche, La
(Encyclopedia)Flèche, La lä flĕsh [key], town, Sarthe dept., on the Loir River. The town has a few light ...Louvière, La
(Encyclopedia)Louvière, La lä lo͞ovyârˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 76,432), Hainaut prov., S Belgium. It was an industrial center of the Bassin du Centre coal-mining region but has changed its economic focus si...Línea, La
(Encyclopedia)Línea, La lä lēˈnāä [key], city (1990 pop. 61,597), Cádiz prov., S Spain, on the Strait of Gibraltar. Situated on the Spanish border north of the neutral zone that separates the city from the B...La Niña
(Encyclopedia)La Niña: see El Niño–Southern Oscillation. ...Browse by Subject
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