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Spezia, La

(Encyclopedia) Spezia, LaSpezia, Lalä spĕtˈsyä [key], city (1991 pop. 101,442), capital of La Spezia prov., in Liguria, NW Italy, on the Gulf of La Spezia (an arm of the Ligurian Sea) and at the…

fabliau

(Encyclopedia) fabliau, plural fabliauxfabliau,both: fäblēōˈ [key], short comic, often bawdy tale in verse that deals realistically and satirically with middle-class or lower-class characters.…

Pilgrims' Way

(Encyclopedia) Pilgrims' Way, ancient English road that ran from Hampshire to Kent, over the Sussex Downs. It is so called because it may have been used during the Middle Ages by pilgrims who came to…

Egersund

(Encyclopedia) Egersund Egersund āˈgərs&oobreve;n [key], town, Rogaland co., S Norway, a modern fishing port on…

Lundy Isle

(Encyclopedia) Lundy Isle, 3 mi (4.8 km) long, off Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Bristol Channel. Granite was quarried there for centuries. Inhabited in prehistoric times, Lundy Isle was a…