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(Encyclopedia)Freddie Mac: see Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. ...Diarmuid mac Murchada
(Encyclopedia)Diarmuid mac Murchada: see Dermot McMurrough. ...Finn mac Cumhail
(Encyclopedia)Finn mac Cumhail, Fionn mac Cumhail, or Finn MacCool all: fĭn məko͞olˈ [key], semimythical Irish hero. His exploits are recorded in long narrative poems by Ossian and in many ballads, called Feni...Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(Encyclopedia)Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Freddie Mac, government-sponsored enterprise that uses private capital to buy home mortgages as a means to help lower housing costs. A sister ...derrick
(Encyclopedia)derrick: see crane.Fingal
(Encyclopedia)Fingal: see Finn mac Cumhail.Kenneth I
(Encyclopedia)Kenneth I (Kenneth mac Alpin), d. 858, traditional founder of the kingdom of Scotland. He succeeded his father, Alpin, as king of Dalriada (the kingdom of the Gaelic Scots in W Scotland) and c.843 obt...Browse by Subject
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