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  • 111Graben — Recorded in many forms including Grab, Grabbe, Grabb, Graber, Grabner, Grabiner, and diminutives and patronymics such as Graban, Grabban, Graben, Grabic, Grabiec, Grabov, and Grabinski, this is a surname of Germanic or Polish origins. In its… …

    Surnames reference

  • 112trench — n. & v. n. 1 a long narrow usu. deep depression or ditch. 2 Mil. a this dug by troops to stand in and be sheltered from enemy fire. b (in pl.) a defensive system of these. 3 a long narrow deep depression in the ocean bed. v. 1 tr. dig a trench or …

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  • 113JAUNIJELGAVA — (Ger. Friedrichstadt), city in Zemgale (Courland) district, Latvia., S.E. of Riga. In the period of czarist rule it was a district capital in courland . Jewish artisans from the villages started to settle in Jaunijelgava under Russian rule at the …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism