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Windsor, British royal house
(Encyclopedia)Windsor wĭnˈzər [key], name of the royal house of Great Britain. The name Wettin, family name of Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, consort of Queen Victoria, as well as Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the name of th...Albemarle, island, Ecuador
(Encyclopedia)Albemarle, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...Ezel, island, Estonia
(Encyclopedia)Ezel: see Saaremaa, Estonia.Island No. 10
(Encyclopedia)Island No. 10, former island in the Mississippi River, between NW Tenn. and SE Mo.; site of an important western campaign of the Civil War. With the advance of Union Gen. U. S. Grant up the Tennessee ...Ithaca, island, Greece
(Encyclopedia)Ithaca, Greece: see Itháki.Isabela, island, Ecuador
(Encyclopedia)Isabela, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...Hydra, island, Greece
(Encyclopedia)Hydra, Greece: see Ídhra.Great Sandy Island
(Encyclopedia)Great Sandy Island, Australia: see Fraser Island. ...Flores, island, Azores
(Encyclopedia)Flores flôˈrĭz, Port. flôˈrəsh [key], island , 58 sq mi (150 sq km), Horta dist...Flores, island, Indonesia
(Encyclopedia)Flores flôrˈĕs [key], island, 6,627 sq mi (17,164 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Lesser S...Browse by Subject
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