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Northern War
(Encyclopedia)Northern War, 1700–1721, general European conflict, fought in N and E Europe at the same time that the War of the Spanish Succession was fought in the west and the south. It arose chiefly from the d...Ireland, Northern
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Ireland, Northern, division of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 5,462 sq mi (14,147 sq km), NE Ireland. Made up of six o...Northern Cape
(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...Northern Cross
(Encyclopedia)Northern Cross: see Cygnus.Northern Crown
(Encyclopedia)Northern Crown: see Corona Borealis. ...Northern Dvina
(Encyclopedia)Northern Dvina, river: see Dvina (Northern Dvina). ...Northern Expedition
(Encyclopedia)Northern Expedition, in modern Chinese history, the military campaign by which the Kuomintang party overthrew the warlord-backed Beijing government and established a new government at Nanjing. At the ...Northern Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. ...Northern Land
(Encyclopedia)Northern Land: see Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. ...northern lights
(Encyclopedia)northern lights: see aurora borealis. ...Browse by Subject
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