1) Eure. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Eure, (or) (KEY) , department (1990 pop. 519,800), N France, in Normandy. Evreux is the capital.... 2) Eure-et-Loir. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Eure-et-Loir, (or-a-lwar) (KEY) , department (1990 pop. 399,700), N France. Chartres is the capital.... 3) Eure'ka. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...or rather Heure ka (I have found it out). The exclamation of Archime d s, the Syracusan philosopher, when he discovered how to test the purity of Hi ero s crown.... 4) York. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...the Effroc Wall or Stone. (Victor Hugo: L Homme qui Rit, pt. ii. bk. iii. 1.) 1 York is Eure-wic (pron. Yorric), and means the town on the Eure, now called the Ouse.... 5) Perche. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Perche, (persh) (KEY) , region and former county, NW France, in portions of Orne, Eure-et-Loir, and Eure depts. Alencon, an important town of the region, is world... 6) Chartres. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Chartres, (shar´tr) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 41,850), capital of Eure-et-Loir dept., NW France, in Orleanais, on the Eure River. Chartres is of great historic and... 7) Bec. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Bec, (bek) (KEY) , former Benedictine abbey, near the village of Bec-Hellouin, Eure dept., N France, in Normandy. Founded in the 11th cent. by Lanfranc, and later... 8) Evreux. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Évreux, (avro´) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 51,452), capital of Eure dept., N France, in Normandy. It is an industrial town where metals, textiles, rubber, radio and... 9) Andelys, Les. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Andelys, Les, (lazaNdle´) (KEY) , town (1993 est. pop. 8,580), in Eure dept., N France, Normandy, on the Seine. The twin communities of Grand-Andely and Petit-Andely... 10) Dreux. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Dreux, (dro) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 35,866), Eure-et-Loir dept., N central France. It is an industrial center where foundry products, boilers, metal products, radio... |