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Cockburn Island
(Encyclopedia)Cockburn Island: see Manitoulin Islands. ...Enderbury Island
(Encyclopedia)Enderbury Island: see Phoenix Islands. ...Parris Island
(Encyclopedia)Parris Island: see Sea Islands.Madeira, island
(Encyclopedia)Madeira, island: see Madeira Islands. ...Peel Island
(Encyclopedia)Peel Island, Japan: see Bonin Islands. ...Ascension Island
(Encyclopedia)Ascension Island, Caroline Islands: see Pohnpei. ...Graham Island
(Encyclopedia)Graham Island, 2,485 sq mi (6,436 sq km), off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, northernmost and largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands. ...Thursday Island
(Encyclopedia)Thursday Island (2016 pop. 2,938), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres Strait Islands. ...Agatha, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Agatha, Saint ăgˈəthə [key], 3d cent., Sicilian virgin, martyred under Roman Emperor Decius. She is mentioned in the Martyrology of Jerome and the Calendar of Carthage in the 6th cent. Agatha is i...Agnes, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Agnes, Saint, 4th cent., virgin martyr. A noble Roman girl martyred at the age of 13 after rejecting a well-born suitor. She was included in the Depositio Martyrum of 354. On her feast day lambs are b...Browse by Subject
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