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  • 101England — /ing gleuhnd/ or, often, / leuhnd/, n. the largest division of the United Kingdom, constituting, with Scotland and Wales, the island of Great Britain. 45,870,062; 50,327 sq. mi. (130,347 sq. km) Cap.: London. * * * I Southern part of the island… …

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  • 102Frisians — Infobox Ethnic group group=Frisians caption=Historical Frisian settlement area poptime=1,500,000 (est.)Fact|date=February 2007 popplace=Frisia (comprising parts of The Netherlands, Germany) rels= Indigenously Germanic paganism, later Medieval… …

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  • 103Kobold — This article is about the sprite from Germanic folklore. For other uses, see Kobold (disambiguation). Kobold The kobold Heinzelmann Grouping Mythological creature Fairy Sprite Country German …

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  • 104Nibelungenlied — /nee beuh loong euhn leet /, n. a Middle High German epic of c1200, related to the Scandinavian Volsunga Saga and telling of the life of Siegfried, his marriage to Kriemhild, his wooing of Brunhild on behalf of Gunther, his murder by Hagen, and… …

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  • 105Culture of the Isle of Man — The culture of the Isle of Man is influenced by its Celtic and, to a lesser extent, its Norse origins, though its close proximity to the United Kingdom, popularity as a UK tourist destination, and recent mass immigration by British migrant… …

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  • 106Old English literature — This article is part of a series on: Old English Dialects …

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  • 107J. R. R. Tolkien — Infobox Writer name = J. R. R. Tolkien birthname = John Ronald Reuel Tolkien imagesize =225px caption = Tolkien in 1972 birthdate = birth date|1892|1|3|df=y birthplace = Bloemfontein, Orange Free State deathdate = 2 September 1973 (aged 81)… …

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  • 108History of the English language — English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Initially, Old English was a diverse group of… …

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  • 109History of French — This article is part of the series on: French language Langues d oïl Dialects Creoles Francophonie History Oaths of Strasbourg Ordinance of Villers Cotterêts Anglo Norman Grammar …

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  • 110Søren Kierkegaard — Søren Aabye Kierkegaard Sketch of Søren Kierkegaard by Niels Christian Kierkegaard, c. 1840 Full name Søren Aabye Kierkegaard Born 5 May 1813 Copenhagen, Denmark Died 11 November 1855 …

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