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Trullan synod

(Encyclopedia)Trullan synod: see Constantinople, Third Council of. ...

European Court of Human Rights

(Encyclopedia)European Court of Human Rights: see Council of Europe. ...

Sutherland

(Encyclopedia)Sutherland or Sutherlandshire, former county, N Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Sutherland became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). ...

Potsdam Conference

(Encyclopedia)Potsdam Conference, meeting (July 17–Aug. 2, 1945) of the principal Allies in World War II (the United States, the USSR, and Great Britain) to clarify and implement agreements previously reached at ...

Nairnshire

(Encyclopedia)Nairnshire or Nairn, former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Nairnshire became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). ...

Gorges, Sir Ferdinando

(Encyclopedia)Gorges, Sir Ferdinando gôrˈjĭz [key], c.1566–1647, English colonizer, proprietor of Maine. He was knighted (1591) for his services to Henry IV of France in the French Wars of Religion and was sub...

trusteeship, territorial

(Encyclopedia)trusteeship, territorial, system of UN control for territories that were not self-governing. It replaced the mandates of the League of Nations. Provided for under chapters 12 and 13 of the Charter of ...

Hamina

(Encyclopedia)Hamina häˈmĭnä [key], Swed. Fredrikshamn, city, South Finland prov., SE Finland, on the G...

Ogooué

(Encyclopedia)Ogooué or Ogowe both: ōgōwāˈ [key], river, c.560 mi (900 km) long, rising on the Batéké Plateau, SW Congo (Brazzaville). It flows NW and W across Gabon to the Gulf of Guinea, near Port-Gentil, ...

Arnhem Land

(Encyclopedia)Arnhem Land, 37,100 sq mi (96,089 sq km), N Northern Territory, Australia, on a wide peninsula W of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The great majority of the region belongs to the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Rese...