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(Encyclopedia) Somme sôm [key], department (1990 pop. 548,300), N France, in Picardy, on the English Channel. Amiens is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Jura zhüräˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 249,600), E France, in Franche-Comté, bordering on Switzerland. Lons-le-Saunier is the capital. The area is a major producer of Gruyère cheese and a cente...

(Encyclopedia) Lot lôt [key], department (1990 pop. 156,100), S central France, in Quercy. Cahors is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Oise wäz [key], department (1990 pop. 733,200), N France, in Picardy. Beauvais is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tarn tärn [key], department (1990 pop. 343,400), S France, in Languedoc. Albi is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ardennes ärdĕnˈ [key], department, NE France, in Champage, Grand Est region. The capital is Charleville-Mézières. Ardennes is also the name of a section of the easter...

(Encyclopedia) Coningham, Sir Arthur kŭnˈĭng-əm [key], 1895–1948, British air marshal, b. Australia. During World War I, he served first in the New Zealand army and then joined (1916) the Royal Flying Corps, a...

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 Alabama ăləbămˈə [key], state in the SE United States. It is bordered by Tennessee (N), Georgia (E), Florida and the Gulf of Mexico (S), and Mississippi (W). In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Co...

(Encyclopedia) Ottawa. 1 City (1990 pop. 17,451), seat of La Salle co., N central Ill., at the confluence of the Fox and Illinois rivers, in a fertile farm area; inc. as a city 1853. The city has diversified agricul...

(Encyclopedia) Moselle mōzĕlˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 1,011,400), NE France, bordering on Luxembourg and Germany. Metz is the capital. ...