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MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice de
(Encyclopedia)MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice de märēˈ ĕdmāˈ pätrēsˈ də mäkmäōNˈ [key], 1808–93, president of the French republic (1873–79), marshal of France. MacMahon, of Irish descent, fought in ...Zaïre, country, Africa
(Encyclopedia)Zaïre, country, Africa: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...Karelia
(Encyclopedia)Karelia kərēˈlēə [key], constituent republic (1990 pop. 800,000), 66,409 sq mi (172,300 sq km), NW European Russia, extending from the Finnish border in the west to the White Sea in the east and ...Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the
(Encyclopedia)Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the: see Djibouti, republic. ...Monaghan, town, Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Monaghan, town (1991 pop. 5,919), seat of Co. Monaghan, N Republic of Ireland. It is a farm market with some manufacturing. Monaghan houses the cathedral of the Roman Catholic diocese of Clogher. ...Oirat Autonomous Oblast
(Encyclopedia)Oirat Autonomous Oblast or Oirot Autonomous Oblast: see Altai Republic, Russia. ...Ngouabi, Marien
(Encyclopedia)Ngouabi, Marien, 1938–77, Congolese army officer and political leader. After military training in France, he served in the Congo Republic's army and started the country's first paratrooper battalion...Macià, Francesc
(Encyclopedia)Macià, Francesc fränsāskˈ məsēäˈ [key], 1859–1933, Spanish politician, Catalan nationalist leader. An army officer, he joined the separatist movement in Catalonia and was elected to the Cort...Barrot, Camille Hyacinthe Odilon
(Encyclopedia)Barrot, Camille Hyacinthe Odilon kämēˈyə yäsăNtˈ ōdēlôNˈ bärōˈ [key], 1791–1873, French political leader. An opponent of the Bourbon restoration, he aided the July Revolution (1830), b...Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus
(Encyclopedia)Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus prĭtôrˈēəs, Du. änˈdrēs vĭlhĕlˈməs yäkōˈbəs prātôrˈēəs [key], 1799–1853, Boer (Afrikaner) leader. He was elected (1838) commandant general o...Browse by Subject
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