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2 hours ago · The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock; "Baie Verte" became Green Bay; "Grandes Fourches ...
1 day ago · Mill Creek → Old Mill Creek — in Lake County; name now used by Mill Creek, Union County. Millersburg → Pierron — in Bond and Madison counties; name also used for unincorporated Millersburg, Mercer County. Milton → Humboldt — in Coles County; name now used by Milton, Pike County. Monsanto → Sauget — in St. Clair County.
Legal since 2007. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Tennessee may experience some legal challenges that non- LGBT residents do not. [2][3] Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in the state since 1996. Marriage licenses have been issued to same-sex couples in Tennessee since the Supreme Court ruling in ...
1 day ago · Delaware is 96 miles (154 km) long and ranges from 9 to 35 miles (14 to 56 km) across, with a land area of 1,982 square miles (5,130 km 2) [55] and a total area of 2,489 square miles (6,450 km 2), [56] making it the second-smallest state by either metric in the United States after Rhode Island. Delaware is bounded to the north by Pennsylvania ...
1 day ago · Brittany (/ ˈ b r ɪ t ən i / BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced ⓘ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; [1] [dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
1 day ago · See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes. British Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (British). Burma – See Myanmar. Cape Verde – See Cabo Verde. Caribbean Netherlands – See Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. China, The Republic of – See Taiwan (Province of China). Democratic People's Republic of Korea – See Korea, The ...
1 day ago · Chula Vista (/ ˌtʃuːlə ˈvɪstə / CHOO-lə VIST-ə; Spanish for 'Beautiful/Pretty View', [9][10][11][12] pronounced [ˈtʃula ˈβista]) is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. It is the second-most populous city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh-most populous city in Southern California, the 15th-most ...
