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Montserrat
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Montserrat An island in the Caribbean, one of the Leeward Islands. Visited by Columbus in 1493 and named after a Benedictine monastery on the mountain of Montserrat in Spain, it was colonized by Irish settlers in 1632. It was part of...
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Caballé, Montserrat
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Caballé, Montserrat ( b Barcelona, 1933). Sp. soprano. Concert début Barcelona 1954, opera début Basle 1956, First Lady...
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González, Julio
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...liberated his own imagination). His best-known work, Montserrat (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1937), is a fairly naturalistic...commemorates the suffering of the Spanish people in the civil war (Montserrat is a holy mountain in Spain). More usually, however, his...
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West Indies
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...Kitts (1623) and Barbados (1627), followed by Antigua and Montserrat (1632), Anguilla (1650), and the conquest of Jamaica...American Independence , the French and Spanish took Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts, St Vincent, and the Bahamas, but had to return...
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West Indies, Federation of the
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla, St Lucia, and St Vincent...states’. All of them (except Anguilla and Montserrat) gained full independence by 1980.
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Leeward Islands
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Leeward Islands The Leeward Islands in the Caribbean form part of the Lesser Antilles, lying to the east of the Dominican republic. They include the Virgin Islands , St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat , and Guadeloupe.
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Commonwealth of Nations
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...Islands and Dependencies † 1931 Gibraltar † 1931 Hong Kong † 1931 Isle of Man † 1931 Montserrat † 1931 New Zealand 1931 Niue † 1931 Norfolk Islands † 1931 Pitcairn Islands † 1931...
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Caribbean Community and Common Market
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...to economic integration. Its members are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago. The Bahamas are members of the...
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Ignatius Loyola, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...the Jesuits . Of noble Spanish family, he embarked on a military career, but was wounded in 1521. He hung up his sword at Montserrat . During a year at Manresa (1522–3), he underwent a series of spiritual experiences from which he derived many...
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country code
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet
...Marshall Islands MK Macedonia ML Mali MM Myanmar MN Mongolia MO Macau MP Northern Mariana Islands MQ Martinique MR Mauritania MS Montserrat MT Malta MU Mauritius MV Maldives MW Malawi MX Mexico MY Malaysia MZ Mozambique NA Namibia NC New Caledonia NE Niger NF Norfolk...
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