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(Encyclopedia) Fond du Lac fŏnˈ də lăkˌ, –jə– [key], city (2021 pop. 104,154), seat of Fon...

(Encyclopedia) Bouches-du-Rhône bo͞osh-dü-rōn [key], department, in Provence, SE France. It includes the island of ...

(Encyclopedia) Canal du Midi känälˈ dü mēdēˈ [key], canal, c.150 mi (240 km) long, linking Sète and Toulouse, S France. It was built to carry oceangoing ships between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean...

(Encyclopedia) Cirque du Soleil, [Fr.,=circus of the sun], innovative Canadian circus, est. 1984, with headquarters in Montreal. The best-known exemplar of cirque nouveau, Cirque du Soleil is a mixture of spectacle,...

(Encyclopedia) Îles du Salut ēl dü sälüˈ [key] or Safety Islands, small archipelago, off French Guiana in the Caribbean. The best-known of the islands is Devils Island. ...

(Encyclopedia) Du Bellay, Guillaume gēyōmˈ dü bĕlāˈ [key], 1491–1543, French diplomat under King Francis I; brother of Jean Du Bellay. He was employed in negotiations regarding the Treaty of Cambrai (1529) ...

(Encyclopedia) Rivière du Loup rēvyĕrˈ dü lo͞o [key], city (1991 pop. 14,017), E Que., Canada, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, NE of Quebec. It is a commercial and industrial center in a lumberin...

(Encyclopedia) Deffand, marquise du: see Du Deffand. ...

(Encyclopedia) Guesclin, Bertrand Du: see Du Guesclin, Bertrand. ...

(Encyclopedia) Midi, Pic du: see Pic du Midi d'Ossau. ...