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(Encyclopedia) Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d' däNgo͞olĕmˈ [key], 1778–1851, wife of Louis Antoine d'Angoulême; daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. She was imprisoned (1792–95) d...
(Encyclopedia) Ladue lədo͞oˈ, –dyo͞oˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 8,847), St. Louis co., E Mo., a residential suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1936. There is light manufacturing.
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(Encyclopedia) Affton, uninc. city, St. Louis co., E
Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. Manufacturing includes machinery and medical equipment. Settled in
the mid-1800s largely by German immigrants, Affton main...
(Encyclopedia) Crestwood, city (2020 pop. 11,808),
St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. as a city 1949.
Located in a truck-farming area, it is mos...
(Encyclopedia) University City, city (1990 pop. 40,087), St. Louis co., E Mo.; inc. 1906. A residential suburb of St. Louis, the city has light manufacturing, including textiles and metal fabrication. Washington Uni...
(Encyclopedia) Guettard, Jean-Étienne zhän-ātyĕnˈ gĕtärˈ [key], 1715–86, French geologist, botanist, and natural historian. He was curator of the natural history collection of the French scientist René de...
(Encyclopedia) Mersen, Treaty of, 870, redivision of the Carolingian empire by the sons of Louis I, Charles the Bald (later Charles II) of the West Franks (France) and Louis the German of the East Franks (Germany), ...
(Encyclopedia) Florissant
flôrˈĭsənt,
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[key], city (2020 pop. 50,562), St. Louis co., E...
(Encyclopedia) Webster Groves, city (1990 pop. 22,987), St. Louis co., E Mo., a residential suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1896. There is diverse light manufacturing, including optical instruments. Webster Groves is the ...
(Encyclopedia) Blois
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[key], town, capital of Loir-et-Cher dept., central France, in
Orléanais, on the...