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Bresse

(Encyclopedia)Bresse brĕs [key], region, in Burgundy, E France, between the Ain and Saône rivers. Bourg-en-Bresse is the historic capital. A fertile farm area, it is famous for its chickens and wines. To the sout...

Ruanda-Urundi

(Encyclopedia)Ruanda-Urundi ro͞oänˈdä-o͞oro͞onˈdē [key], former colonial territory, central Africa, now divided between the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi. The original inhabitants of the area wer...

Tokelau

(Encyclopedia)Tokelau tōkəlouˈ, tōkĕläˈo͞o [key] formerly Union Islands, island group (2015 est. pop. 1,500), c.5 sq mi (c.12 sq km), S Pacific, a self-administering territory of New Zealand. It is composed...

Ingushetia

(Encyclopedia)Ingushetia ĭngo͞oshˈ [key], republic, c.1,240 sq mi (3,210 sq km), Russian Federation, in the N Caucasus. The capital (since 2003) is Magas, a new city in the suburbs of Nazran, the former capital....

Mohawk Trail

(Encyclopedia)Mohawk Trail. 1 Old road (c.100 mi/160 km long) in central New York state following the Mohawk River. It was the sole route through the Appalachians by which thousands of settlers emigrated from the E...

Ili

(Encyclopedia)Ili ēˈlā [key], river of China and Kazakhstan, 590 mi (950 km) long, rising in the Tian Shan, NW Xinjiang, and flowing W across the China-Kazakhstan border, through the sandy Sary Ishikotrau Desert...

Robert I, French king

(Encyclopedia)Robert I, c.865–923, French king (922–23), son of Count Robert the Strong and younger brother of King Eudes. He inherited from Eudes the territory between the Seine and the Loire rivers. In 922, R...

Comtat Venaissin

(Encyclopedia)Comtat Venaissin kəNtäˈ vənäsăNˈ [key] or Comtat, region of SE France, Vaucluse dept., comprising the territory around Avignon. Well-irrigated, it is a truck-farming and fruit-growing area. Com...

Akrotiri

(Encyclopedia)Akrotiri āˌkrōtēˈrē [key], Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, or Western Sovereign Base Area, British air force base (2004 est. pop. 6,300), 47 sq mi (123 sq km), located on a peninsula on the SW Cyp...

Geshur

(Encyclopedia)Geshur gĕshˈyo͞orī, gĕshyo͞oˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Small Aramaic kingdom that remained in the territory allotted to Manasseh. It occupied barren land NE of the Sea of Galilee. After the di...