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(Encyclopedia) Cavan, town, seat of Co. Cavan, N Republic of Ireland. It is a farm market with some light industry. The Roman Catholic and Anglican dioceses are in Cav...

(Encyclopedia) Königinhof: see Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Czech Republic. ...

(Encyclopedia) French Congo: see Congo, Republic of the. ...

(Encyclopedia) Congo, Belgian: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...

(Encyclopedia) Belgian Congo: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...

(Encyclopedia) Barahona, city Dominican Republic: see Santa Cruz de Barahona. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zaïre, country, Africa: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...

(Encyclopedia) MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice de märēˈ ĕdmāˈ pätrēsˈ də mäkmäōNˈ [key], 1808–93, president of the French republic (1873–79), marshal of France. MacMahon, of Irish descent, fought in ...

(Encyclopedia) Karelia kərēˈlēə [key], constituent republic (1990 pop. 800,000), 66,409 sq mi (172,300 sq km), NW European Russia, extending from the Finnish border in the west to the White Sea in the east and ...

(Encyclopedia) Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the: see Djibouti, republic. ...