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Louis the Pious

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...

Charles the Great

(Encyclopedia) Charles the Great, Frankish king, emperor of the West: see Charlemagne. ...

panhandle

(Encyclopedia) panhandle, in geography, a strip of land projecting from the main body of an area and shaped like the handle of a pan, such as the panhandles of West Virginia, Texas, and Alaska. ...

Charles the Bald

(Encyclopedia) Charles the Bald, French king: see Charles II, emperor of the West. ...

Charles the Fat

(Encyclopedia) Charles the Fat, French king: see Charles III, emperor of the West. ...

Main

(Encyclopedia) Main mīn [key], river, c.310 mi (500 km) long, formed near Kulmbach, E central Germany, by the confluence of the Roter Main and the Weisser Main, both of which rise in the Fichtelgebirge. It then win...

Mallory, Stephen Russell

(Encyclopedia) Mallory, Stephen Russell, c.1813–73, U.S. Senator, secretary of the navy in the Confederacy, b. Trinidad, West Indies. He was raised in Key West, Fla., where he practiced law and was a customs offic...

Downs, North, and South Downs

(Encyclopedia) Downs, North, and South Downs, parallel ranges of chalk hills, SE England. They rise to 965 ft (294 m) at Leith Hill, Surrey. The North Downs range, extending c.100 mi (160 km) from near Farnham, Surr...
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