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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 691 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUILFORD , a township, including a See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of the same name, in New Haven See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, U.S.A., on See also:

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ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island See also:

Sound and at the mouth of the Menunkatuck or See also:

West See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of giants in See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city pageants is of much earlier date.

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