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Bass Strait

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Strait between Australia and Tasmania, about 150 m. broad.

Bassanio

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The lover of Portia in the "Merchant of Venice."

Bavaria

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Next to Prussia the largest of the German States, about the size of Scotland; is separated by mountain ranges from Bohemia on the E. and the Tyrol on the S.; Wurtemburg lies on the W., Prussia, ...

Bavieca

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The famous steed of the Cid, held sacred after the hero's death.

Bautzen

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A town of Saxony, an old town on the Spree, where Napoleon defeated the Prussians and Russians in 1813; manufactures cotton, linen, wool, tobacco, paper, etc.

Bayeux

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An ancient Norman city in the dep. of Calvados, France; manufactures lace, hosiery, etc.; is a bishop's seat; has a very old Gothic cathedral.

Bayard

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A horse of remarkable swiftness belonging to the four sons of Aymon, and which they sometimes rode all at once; also a horse of Amadis de Gaul.

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