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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. The Columbia University PressGlencoe (valley, Scotland)
Glencoe (glĕnkō´), valley of the Coe River, Highland, W Scotland. It was the scene of the massacre of the Macdonald clan (Feb., 1692) by the Campbells, under the direction of John Campbell, 1st earl of Breadalbane, and John Dalrymple, 1st earl of Stair.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. The Columbia University PressGlencoe (village, United States)
Glencoe (glĕn´kō), residential village (1990 pop. 8,499), Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. Glencoe is among the several scenic North Shore suburbs N of Chicago. It has light manufacturing.
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