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(Encyclopedia)British Cameroons: see Nigeria, Federation of; Cameroon, Republic of. ...British Columbia
(Encyclopedia)CE5 British Columbia, province, 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. The Conservatives ...British Guiana
(Encyclopedia)British Guiana: see Guyana.British Honduras
(Encyclopedia)British Honduras: see Belize.British Isles
(Encyclopedia)British Isles: see Great Britain; Ireland. ...British Somaliland
(Encyclopedia)British Somaliland: see Somalia.British Togoland
(Encyclopedia)British Togoland: see Togoland.Este, Italian noble family
(Encyclopedia)Este ĕsˈtā [key], Italian noble family, rulers of Ferrara (1240–1597) and of Modena (1288–1796) and celebrated patrons of the arts during the Renaissance. Probably of Lombard origin, they took ...Murray, James Stuart, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Murray or Moray, James Stuart, 1st earl of both: mûrˈē [key], 1531?–1570, Scottish nobleman. An illegitimate son of James V by a daughter of the earl of Mar, he was, therefore, half-brother of Ma...British Columbia, University of
(Encyclopedia)British Columbia, University of, at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1908, opened 1915. It has faculties of arts, science, graduate studies, applie...Browse by Subject
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