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LONGWY , a fortified See also:town of See also:north-eastern See also:France in the See also:department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, 89 m. N.N.W. of See also:Nancy by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 8523. Longwy is situated on a See also:plateau overlooking the Chiers, a right-See also:bank affluent of the See also:Meuse, near the frontiers of See also:Belgium and See also:Luxemburg. It comprises an upper and a See also:lower town; the former, on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, 390 ft. above the Chiers valley, commands the Luxemburg road, and is strengthened by an See also:enceinte and a few out-lying fortifications. There is See also:garrison See also:accommodation for 5000 men and 800 horses, but the permanent garrison is small. The lower town is the See also:industrial centre. The 17th-See also:century See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church has a lofty square See also:tower, the hotel de vile See also:dates from 1730, and there is a See also:fine See also:hospital. See also:Iron is extensively See also:mined in the See also:district, and supplies numerous blast furnaces. Several iron and See also:steel See also:works are in operation, and See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal. utensils, See also:fire-See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof See also:ware and See also:porcelain are manufactured. Longwy (See also:Longus vicus) came into the See also:possession of the See also:French in 1678 and was at once fortified by See also:Vauban. It was captured by the Prussians in 1792, 1815 and 1871.
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