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(Encyclopedia) Kyffhäuser kĭfˈhoizər [key], forested mountain, c.1,550 ft (470 m), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is crowned by the two ruined castles of Rothenburg (7th cent.) and Kyffhausen (12th cent.) an...

(Encyclopedia) Barbarossa, Frederick: see Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Frederick Barbarossa: see Frederick I, Holy Roman emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Great: see Frederick II, king of Prussia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Warlike: see Frederick I, elector of Saxony. ...

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Wise: see Frederick III, elector of Saxony. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kittery kĭtˈərē [key], town (1990 pop. 9,372), York co., extreme SW Maine, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River opposite Portsmouth, N.H.; inc. 1647. Its economy centers around tourism and the Por...

(Encyclopedia) Cornwall, industrial city, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and elect...

(Encyclopedia) Frederick III, king of Prussia: see Frederick III, 1831–88, emperor of Germany and king of Prussia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Massena məsēˈnə [key], village (1990 pop. 11,719), St. Lawrence co., extreme N N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River; settled 1792, inc. 1886. Aluminum and aluminum products are the chief manufactures. ...