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  • 71champagne — /sham payn /, n. 1. (cap.) the sparkling, dry, white table wine from the region of Champagne in France. 2. a similar sparkling wine produced elsewhere. 3. (formerly) the nonsparkling, dry, white table wine produced in the region of Champagne in… …

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  • 72Champagne — /sham payn /; Fr. /shahonn pannn yeu/, n. a region and former province in NE France. * * * Historical and cultural region, northeastern France. The terrain is interrupted by low hills and by the Marne River valley. It was an important medieval… …

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  • 73ego — /ee goh, eg oh/, n., pl. egos. 1. the I or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought. 2. Psychoanal. the part of the psychic apparatus that… …

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  • 74Manhattan — /man hat n/, or, esp. for 1, 2, /meuhn /, n. 1. Also called Manhattan Island. an island in New York City surrounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers. 131/2 mi. (22 km) long; 21/2 mi. (4 km) greatest width; 221/4 sq. mi. (58 sq. km). 2. a… …

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  • 75Philadelphia — /fil euh del fee euh/, n. a city in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River: Declaration of Independence signed here July 4, 1776. 1,688,210. * * * City (pop., 2000: 1,517,550) and port, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., at the confluence of the… …

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  • 76Provence — /prddaw vahonns /; Eng. /preuh vahns /, n. a region in SE France, bordering on the Mediterranean: formerly a province; famous for medieval poetry and courtly traditions. * * * Historical, cultural, and governmental region, southeast coastal… …

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  • 77Queens — /kweenz/, n. a borough of E New York City, on Long Island. 1,891,325; 113.1 sq. mi. (295 sq. km). * * * Borough (pop., 2000: 2,229,379) of New York City, coextensive with Queens county, southeastern New York, U.S. The largest of the five boroughs …

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  • 78Swabia — Swabian, n., adj. /sway bee euh/, n. a region and medieval duchy in SW Germany: it constituted the area presently included in the states of Baden Württemberg and Bavaria, in S Germany. German, Schwaben. * * * German Schwaben Duchy, medieval… …

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  • 79Bath and Wells — • Ancient diocese coextensive with the county of Somerset, England Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bath and Wells     Bath and Wells      …

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  • 80Bayeux — • Coextensive with the Department of Calvados, is suffragan to the Archbishopric of Rouen Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bayeux     Bayeux      …

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