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Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de
(Encyclopedia)Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de än märēˈ lwēz dôrlāäNˈ düshĕsˈ də mŏpäsyāˈ [key], 1627–93, French princess, called Mademoiselle and La Grande Mademoiselle; da...Colonial Conference, British
(Encyclopedia)Colonial Conference, British: see Imperial Conference. ...British East Africa
(Encyclopedia)British East Africa, inclusive historical term for several former British dependencies, especially Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar. ...British North Borneo
(Encyclopedia)British North Borneo: see Sabah, Malaysia. ...British thermal unit
(Encyclopedia)British thermal unit, abbr. Btu, unit for measuring heat quantity in the customary system of English units of measurement, equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of...British Virgin Islands
(Encyclopedia)British Virgin Islands: see under Virgin Islands. ...British West Africa
(Encyclopedia)British West Africa, former inclusive term for the British colonies of Cameroons, Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togoland. ...British West Indies
(Encyclopedia)British West Indies: see West Indies; West Indies Federation. ...Grace, princess consort of Monaco
(Encyclopedia)Grace, 1929–82, princess consort of Monaco, b. Philadelphia as Grace Patricia Kelly. She acted on stage and television in New York, and made her film debut in 1951. Cool, blonde, and patrician, she ...Berenice, fl. 6 b.c., Jewish princess
(Encyclopedia)Berenice, fl. 6 b.c., Jewish princess; daughter of Costobarus and Salome, sister of Herod the Great (see under Herod). She was married to her cousin Aristobulus and bore him a son, Herod Agrippa I. Sh...Browse by Subject
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