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  • 111Le Thuy — Infobox Vietnam district Name = Lệ Thủy Seat = Kien Giang Township Ward = 2 townships and 17 communes Location = southern Quảng Bình Population = 140,804 (1998) Area = 1420.52 Density = ? People s Committee = People s Coucil = Ethnicity = Kinh,… …

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  • 112sinter —    1. A rock or deposit formed by precipitation from natural water, often from a hot or cold spring. Calcareous sinter is calcium carbonate and is also known as tufa, travertine, and onyx marble. Siliceous sinter is silica and is also known as… …

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  • 113Epsom Salts —    Epsom salts is the name for a crystalline salt of magnesium sulfate heptahydrate. Discovered near the town of Epsom, England, about 1618, it, is used internally as a laxative and externally as a soaking aid for bruises, sprains, and local… …

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  • 114spa — (n.) medicinal or mineral spring, 1620s, from name of health resort in eastern Belgium, known since 14c., that featured mineral springs believed to have curative properties. The place name is from Walloon espa spring, fountain …

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  • 115spa — noun a mineral spring considered to have health giving properties. ↘a place or resort with such a spring. ↘a commercial establishment offering health and beauty treatment. Origin C17: from Spa, a small town in eastern Belgium noted for its… …

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  • 116spa — [spä] n. [after Spa, celebrated health resort in Belgium] 1. a mineral spring 2. any place, esp. a health resort, having a mineral spring 3. any fashionable resort 4. a commercial establishment with exercise rooms, sauna baths, etc. 5. a large… …

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  • 117Bedford, Pennsylvania — Infobox Settlement official name = Bedford, Pennsylvania nickname = motto = imagesize = 250px image caption = East Pitt Street in Bedford. image mapsize = map caption = pushpin pushpin label position = right pushpin map caption = pushpin mapsize …

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  • 118Aberdeen —    ABERDEEN, a city, and sea port town, the seat of a university, the capital of the county of Aberdeen, and the metropolis of the North of Scotland, 109 miles (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh, and 425 (N. by W.) from London; containing, with parts of… …

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  • 119Artesian well — Well Well, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain. ????. See {Well}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. [1913 Webster] Begin, then,… …

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  • 120Driven well — Well Well, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain. ????. See {Well}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. [1913 Webster] Begin, then,… …

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