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Lippe, former state, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Lippe lĭpˈə [key], former state, N central Germany, between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser River. It was incorporated in 1947 into the state of North Rhine–Westphalia. Detmold, the former cap...

Lanark, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Lanark, former county, Scotland: see Lanarkshire. ...

Middlesex, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Middlesex, former county adjoining London, SE England. In 1965 the county was principally reorganized into the Greater London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, ...

Kinross, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Kinross, former county, Scotland: see Kinross-shire. ...

Kirkcudbright, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Kirkcudbright, former county, Scotland: see Kirkcudbrightshire. ...

Kincardine, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Kincardine, former county, Scotland: see Kincardineshire. ...

Kasai, former province, Congo

(Encyclopedia)Kasai käsīˈ [key], former province, c.124,000 sq mi (321,160 sq km), S central Congo (Kinshasa). Luluabourg (present Kananga) was the capital. Between the Kasai and the Sankuru rivers the Kuba king...

Nassau, former duchy, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Nassau näˈsou [key], former duchy, W central Germany, situated N and E of the Main and Rhine rivers. It is now mostly included in the state of Hesse, and partly in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate....

Nairn, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Nairn, former county, Scotland: see Nairnshire. ...

Hoboken, former city, Belgium

(Encyclopedia)Hoboken hōˈbōkən [key], section of Antwerp, Antwerp prov., N Belgium, on the Scheldt River. It has large shipyards and wool-processing plants. A former industrial suburb of Antwerp, it was annexed...