WebDevon (/ ˈ d ɛ v ən / DEV-ən, historically known as Devonshire / ˈ d ɛ v ən ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DEV-ən-sheer, -⁠shər) is a county in South West England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north-east and Dorset to the east. The county includes the districts of East Devon, …

WebAsturian (/ æ ˈ s t ʊər i ə n /; asturianu [astuˈɾjanʊ], formerly also known as bable) is a West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Asturian is part of a wider linguistic group, the Asturleonese languages.The number of speakers is estimated at 100,000 (native) and 450,000 (second language). The dialects of the Astur-Leonese …

WebHonfleur (French: ()) is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie.The people that inhabit Honfleur are called Honfleurais.. It is especially known for its old port, characterized by its houses with slate …

WebCherbourg-en-Cotentin is located at the northern tip of the Cotentin Peninsula, in the department of Manche, of which it is a subprefecture.At the time of the 1999 census the city of Cherbourg had an area of 6.91 square kilometres (2.668 sq mi), while the city of Octeville had an area of 7.35 km 2 (2.838 sq mi). The largest city in the Department of Manche, it …

WebLunenburg / ˈ l uː n ə n b ɜːr ɡ / is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada.Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia.. The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today Lunenburg is the site of Canada's largest secondary fish-processing plant.

WebIn English, the term "Partitions of Poland" is sometimes used geographically as toponymy, to mean the three parts that the partitioning powers divided the Commonwealth into, namely: the Austrian Partition, the Prussian Partition and the Russian Partition. In Polish, there are two separate words for the two meanings.

WebHanja (Korean: 한자; Hanja: 漢字, Korean pronunciation: [ha(ː)nt͈ɕa]), alternatively known as Hancha, is a Korean writing system using Chinese characters (Chinese: 漢字; pinyin: hànzì). Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.. Hanja-eo (한자어, 漢字 語) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and …

WebUxbridge (/ ˈ ʌ k s b r ɪ dʒ /) is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon.Situated 15.4 miles (24.8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxbridge formed part of the parish of Hillingdon in the county of Middlesex, …

WebSteinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.It is part of the Innherad region.The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer which is located on the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord.The town is also the administrative centre for Trøndelag county. Other populated areas in Steinkjer include the villages of Ogndal, Hyllbrua, …

WebIn Norse mythology, Ullr (Old Norse: ) is a god associated with archery. Although literary attestations of Ullr are sparse, evidence including relatively ancient place-name evidence from Scandinavia suggests that he was a major god in earlier Germanic paganism. Proto-Germanic *wulþuz ('glory') appears to have been an important concept of which his name …