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... term refers only to towns , villages , and other such inhabited places , while other terms are used to refer to other types of place names : microtoponymy , names of uninhabit- ed places , such as fields ; oronymy , names of mountains ...
... term refers only to towns , villages , and other such inhabited places , while other terms are used to refer to other types of place names : microtoponymy , names of uninhabit- ed places , such as fields ; oronymy , names of mountains ...
Page 258
... term Labrador ( q.v. ) referred to the New- foundland portion ; the geographical usage of both terms , however , is ... term meaning " far away . " About 200 mi ( 320 km ) long , 160 mi wide at the mouth , and with a maximum depth of 978 ...
... term Labrador ( q.v. ) referred to the New- foundland portion ; the geographical usage of both terms , however , is ... term meaning " far away . " About 200 mi ( 320 km ) long , 160 mi wide at the mouth , and with a maximum depth of 978 ...
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... term in 1841 , and in 1851 he was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate . He was re - elected as a Republi- can in 1857 and 1863 . During the Civil War Wade took his stand with the Radical Republicans , a congressional group favouring ...
... term in 1841 , and in 1851 he was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate . He was re - elected as a Republi- can in 1857 and 1863 . During the Civil War Wade took his stand with the Radical Republicans , a congressional group favouring ...
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