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Connaught
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A western province of Ireland, 105 m. long and 92 m. broad, divided into five counties; is the smallest and most barren of the provinces, but abounds in picturesque scenery; the people are pure ...
Conrad I.
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Count of Franconia, elected on the extinction of the Carlovingian line Emperor of the Germans, which he continued to be from 911 to 915; fell wounded in battle with the Huns, egged on by a rival.
Conrad II.
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The Salic, of the same family as the preceding; elected Emperor of Germany in 1024; reigned 15 years, extending the empire, suppressing disorders, and effecting reforms.
Coniston Water
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A lake 5 m. long and ½ m. broad, at the foot of Coniston Fells, in Lancashire, with Brantwood on the E. side of it, the residence of John Ruskin.
Connecticut
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A river in the United States which rises on the confines of Canada, and, after a course of 450 m., falls into the Atlantic at Long Island.
Conisburgh Castle
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An old round castle referred to in "Ivanhoe," 5 in. SW. of Doncaster.
Connemara
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A wild district with picturesque scenery in W. of co. Galway, Ireland.
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