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Belfort

(Encyclopedia)Belfort bāfôrˈ, bĕ–, bĕl– [key], city, capital of the Territory of Belfort (...

Châtellerault

(Encyclopedia)Châtellerault shätĕlrōˈ [key], town, Vienne dept., W central France. It is an industrial center ...

Middletown, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Middletown. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 42,762), Middlesex co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled 1650, inc. 1784, town and city consolidated 1923. Its manufactures in...

Mâcon

(Encyclopedia)Mâcon mäkôNˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 38,503), capital of Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy, on the Saône River. It is famous for its quality wines. A transportation center, the ...

Frederick Henry

(Encyclopedia)Frederick Henry, 1584–1647, prince of Orange; son of William the Silent by Louise de Coligny. He became stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands upon the death (1625) of his brother Ma...

City of Cape Town

(Encyclopedia)City of Cape Town, metropolitan municipality, South Africa: see Cape Town, City of. ...

tangelo

(Encyclopedia)tangelo: see orange.

tangerine

(Encyclopedia)tangerine: see orange.

Draguignan

(Encyclopedia)Draguignan drägēnyäNˈ [key], town, capital of Var dept., SE France, in Provence. It is a rural ...

Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de

(Encyclopedia)Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de, 1621–86, French general, called the Great Condé; son of Henri II de Condé. Among his early victories in the Thirty Years War were those of Rocroi (1643), Fr...