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  • ...an independent incorporated city (and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the [[Constitution of New York|New York State Cons The name Brooklyn is derived from the original [[Netherlands|Dutch]] town of [[Breukelen]]. The oldest mention of the settlement in the Netherlands,
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  • ...ietnam]]ese source from the same time period. The name possibly means "Sea Town", being derived from the [[Malay language|Malay]] ''tasek'', meaning "sea" ...land that he took to be a lion. Seeing this as an omen, he established the town of ''Singapura'' where he encountered the beast.<ref>{{cite book |url=https
    270 KB (36,391 words) - 08:56, 7 March 2023
  • Nicknamed the "Bayou City", "Space City", "H-Town", and "the [[713 area code|713]]", Houston has become a [[global city]], wi ...an Allen|Augustus Chapman]] and [[John Kirby Allen|John Kirby]]—explored town sites on Buffalo Bayou and [[Galveston Bay]]. According to historian David
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  • ...alia-occupano-il-9-per-cento-del-territorio/193547881368277998|website=www.old.unimib.it|language=it-IT|date=6 December 2013}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 ...03-42979-6|page= 39}}</ref> Hence ''Mediolanum'' could signify the central town or sanctuary of a Celtic tribe. Indeed, about sixty Gallo-Roman sites in Fr
    164 KB (22,626 words) - 08:30, 9 December 2021
  • ...natural mummy known as [[Ötzi the Iceman]], determined to be 5,000 years old (between 3400 and 3100 BCE, Copper Age), was discovered in the Similaun gla ...h at the [[Council of Florence]] hosted by [[Cosimo de Medici|Cosimo ''the old'' de Medici]]. In 1453, Italian forces under [[Giovanni Giustiniani]] were
    352 KB (48,531 words) - 12:03, 8 December 2021
  • ...e other municipalities. The "flagship toilet" is in Portland's [[Old Town Chinatown]] neighborhood.<ref name=Robinson2016>{{cite news|work=[[Business Insider]] ...located in eight states and British Columbia, including seven in its home town. }}</ref>
    59 KB (7,420 words) - 06:23, 21 February 2019