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Culdees
Language; Encyclopedias
Fraternities of uncertain origin and character scattered up and down Ireland, and especially Scotland, hardly at all in England, from the 9th or 10th to the 14th century; instituted, as would appear, ...
Cumae
Language; Encyclopedias
A considerable maritime city of Campania, now in ruins; alleged to be the earliest Greek settlement in Italy; famous as the residence of the Sibyl, and a place of luxurious resort for wealthy Romans.
Cumberland
Language; Encyclopedias
A county in N. of England, of mountain and dale, with good agricultural and pasture land, and a rich coal-field on the coast, as well as other minerals in the interior.
Culloden
Language; Encyclopedias
A moor, 5 m. NE. of Inverness, where the Duke of Cumberland defeated Prince Charles in 1746, and finally wrecked the Stuart cause in the country.
Cunctator
Language; Encyclopedias
A name given to Fabius Maximus on account of the tantalising tactics he adopted to wear out his adversary Hannibal.
Cumbria
Language; Encyclopedias
A country of the Northern Britons which, in the 6th century, extended from the Clyde to the Dee, in Cheshire.
Cupid
Language; Encyclopedias
Or Amor, the god of love, viewed as a chubby little boy, armed with bow and arrows, and often with eyes bandaged.
