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republic

(Encyclopedia)republic [Lat. res publica,=public affair], today understood to be a sovereign state ruled by representatives of a widely inclusive electorate. The term republic formerly denoted a form of government ...

Sligo, town, Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Sligo, town (1991 pop. 17,964), county seat of Sligo, N Republic of Ireland, at the mouth of the Garavogue River on Sligo Bay. It is a seaport and fishing center, with a woolen trade and other industr...

Aberdeen, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Aberdeen, former county, Scotland: see Aberdeenshire. ...

Dumbarton, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Dumbarton, former county, Scotland: see Dumbartonshire. ...

Dumfries, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Dumfries, former county, Scotland: see Dumfriesshire. ...

Cumberland, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Cumberland, former county, N England. In 1974, Cumberland became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Cumbria. ...

Clwyd, former county, Wales

(Encyclopedia)Clwyd klo͝oˈĭd [key], former county, N Wales, created in 1974 from Flintshire and parts of Denbighshire and Merionethshire. It was dissolved in 1996 and divided among the unitary authorities of Fli...

Cheshire, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Cheshire chĕshˈər [key], county, W central England, on the N border with Wales. The county seat was Chester. Other principal population centers included Northwich, Crewe, and Macclesfield. Cheshire...

Cleveland, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Cleveland, former county, NE England, created under the Local Government Act of 1972 (effective 1974). It was composed of the county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teesside and parts of the former countie...

Inverness, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Inverness, former county, Scotland: see Inverness-shire. ...