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/daw"fin/; Fr. /doh faonn"/, n., pl. dauphins /-finz/; Fr. /-faonn"/.the eldest son of a king of France, used as a title from 1349 to 1830.[1475-85; < F; MF dalphin, after DAUPHINÉ, from an agreement to thus honor the province after its cession to France]
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Title of the eldest son of a king of France, the heir apparent to the French crown, from 1350 to 1830.Derived from a personal name, dauphin was originally used as a title in the 12th century by French counts in Auvergne and Vienne. The title came to the French crown through the purchase of lands known as the Dauphiné in 1349 by Philip VI, who bestowed it on his grandson, the future Charles V. Dauphin came to designate the heir apparent during the reign of Charles V, who gave his son, Charles VI, the title and the Dauphiné.* * *
town, southwestern Manitoba, Canada. It lies along the Vermilion River just west of Dauphin Lake, 201 miles (323 km) by road northwest of Winnipeg. The French trader and explorer La Vérendrye visited the lake in 1739 and named it for the dauphin of France. One of the two settlements that developed in the area after 1882 took the same name. The settlements, Dauphin and Gartmore, merged in 1896, when the Lake Manitoba Railway reached the site. The town became a service centre for a large agricultural region and the area headquarters for the Canadian National Railway, a major employer. It is also a tourist base for nearby Riding Mountain National Park (south) and Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Forest (northwest) and hosts Canada's annual National Ukrainian Festival (August). Inc. village, 1898; town, 1901. Pop. (2001) 8,085.county, central Pennsylvania, U.S., bounded to the north by Mahantango Creek, to the west by the Susquehanna River, and to the south by Conewago Creek. The topography rises from a piedmont region in the south to ridge-and-valley mountains in the north. Other waterways include DeHart Reservoir and the Juniata River, as well as Wiconisco, Clark, Powell, Stony, and Swatara creeks. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail runs along Peters Mountain through the centre of the county; other features include Broad, Second, and Blue mountains.The county was home to the Paxton Boys (Paxton Boys uprising), a band of rangers who eradicated the Susquehanna (Susquehannock) Indians by slaughtering (Susquehannock) their remaining 20 members near the city of Lancaster in December 1763 during the Indian uprising known as Pontiac's War. The county was created in 1785; its name was derived from the title of the eldest son of the king of France. Harrisburg, the county seat (1785) and state capital (1812), became a major transportation hub with the advent of canal and rail travel, particularly by the Pennsylvania Canal (1834) and the Pennsylvania Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad Company)'s main line to Pittsburgh (1847). Candy manufacturer Milton Snavely Hershey (Hershey, Milton Snavely) founded the company town of Hershey (1903), where he built the world's largest chocolate manufacturing plant. The nuclear power station at Three Mile Island, in the Susquehanna near Harrisburg, was the site of a serious accident in March 1979.Other communities include Middletown, Steelton, Hummelstown, and Paxtang, which was once an Indian village. In addition to governmental activities and other services (health care and tourism), the economy is based on steel mills and manufacturing, particularly food products, industrial machinery, and transportation equipment. Area 525 square miles (1,361 square km). Pop. (2000) 251,798; (2007 est.) 255,710.* * *
Universalium. 2010.
