province of Île-de-France before the French Revolution The modern départements covered by the historical Île-de-France Modern region of Île-de-France and...
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Look up -ile, Ile, ile, or île in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ile may refer to: iLe, a Puerto Rican singer Ile District (disambiguation), multiple...
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Paris (redirect from Paris, Île-de-France)
Seine. Of those, two remain today: Île Saint-Louis and the Île de la Cité. A third one is the 1827 artificially created Île aux Cygnes. Modern Paris owes much...
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called it Île de Bascuz (from Bacchus) because of the abundance of wild grapes growing on the island. Officials later changed the name to Île d'Orléans...
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Salomon Islands (redirect from Île Boddam)
clockwise: Île de la Passe Île Mapou Île Takamaka Île Fouquet Île Sepulture Île Jacobin Île du Sel Île Poule Île Boddam Île Diable Île Anglaise Cruising...
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Island (Île des Soeurs). The island is served by buses 207 and 407. Historically named Île Bonaventure, by 1723 it had come to be named Île Bizard, after...
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Belle-Île (French pronunciation: [bɛl il]), Belle-Île-en-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ mɛʁ]), or Belle Isle (Breton: Ar Gerveur, [arˌɡɛrˈvøːr];...
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Île de Ré (French pronunciation: [il də ʁe]; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ile de Rét; English: Isle of Ré, /reɪ/ RAY) is an island off the...
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Peros Banhos (redirect from Île Yeye)
Grande Soeur, Île Diamant, Île Manoël and Île Pierre. All these islands were part of the former coconut plantation run from Île du Coin. Île Yeye, at the...
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Islands of St Brandon - Images of Île Raphael, Cargados Carajos in Mauritius The Thirteen Islands of St Brandon - Images of Île Raphael, Cargados Carajos in...
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Réunion (redirect from Île Bourbon)
under the First Empire, General Decaen named it Île Bonaparte (after Napoleon), and in 1810 it became Île Bourbon again. It was eventually renamed Réunion...
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Île Takamaka may refer to one of two islands in separate groups in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean: the Egmont Islands the Salomon Islands...
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more than 420,000 residents as of 2016. Île Jésus is the major component of the City of Laval, along with the Îles Laval and several other islands. The island...
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48°18′23″N 4°30′24″W / 48.30639°N 4.50667°W / 48.30639; -4.50667 Île Longue (French pronunciation: [il lɔ̃ɡ]; French for "Long Island"; Breton: Enez-Hir)...
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a limited edition, now an expensive collectors' item. However, Île Amsterdam and Île Saint-Paul were often confused at the time, and Péron may have been...
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Grande Île or Grande-Île can mean: Grande Île, Strasbourg, in France Grande-Île, Normandy, in France Grande-Île, Quebec, in Canada la Grande île, one of...
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Montreal, via the Galipeault Bridge. Île Perrot holds the only working windmill in Quebec, dating from the time Île-Perrot was a seigneury in the French...
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Look up Île-de-France in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Île-de-France (or Isle de France in Old French and Middle French) is a region in France centred...
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Lérins Islands (redirect from Iles de Lerins)
in Cannes. The two largest islands in this group are the Île Sainte-Marguerite and the Île Saint-Honorat. The smaller Îlot Saint-Ferréol and Îlot de...
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of the Grosse Isle Disaster Grosse-Île, Quebec, one of two municipalities forming the urban agglomeration of Îles-de-la-Madeleine in Quebec, Canada Grosse...
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Grande Île was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. At the time, the International Council on Monuments and Sites noted that the Grande Île is "an...
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Île Vierge Île Vierge (Breton language: Enez-Werc'h) is a 6-hectare (15-acre) islet lying 1.5 kilometres (3⁄4 nautical mile) off the north-west coast of...
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(Les Îles-Laval), they became part of the city of Laval on August 6, 1965. Located northeast of Île Bizard between the Island of Montreal and Île Jésus...
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Mercedes Cabra Joglar (born April 28, 1989), better known by the nickname "iLe", is a Puerto Rican singer, composer and vocalist. She began her musical...
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Île aux Cerfs (in English: Deer Island) is a privately owned island near the east coast of Mauritius in the Flacq District. The island of Ile aux Cerfs...
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village of Héliopolis Porquerolles Port-Cros Île du Bagaud Île du Levant Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Îles d'Hyères. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert...
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Mauritius (redirect from Île Maurice)
/məˈrɪʃəs/ . Mauritius is also commonly known as Maurice (pronounced [mɔʁis]) and Île Maurice in French, Moris (pronounced [moʁis]) in Mauritian Creole. The island...
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Salvation Islands (redirect from Île-Royale)
Île du Diable. The total area is 0.62 square kilometres (1⁄4 square mile). Devil's Island and Île Royale are separated by Passe des Grenadines, Île Royale...
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Sept-Îles or Sept Îles (seven islands in French) may refer to: Sept-Îles, France, also known as Jentilez, a small French archipelago off the north coast...
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relatively large, islands of Île Saint-Lanne Gramont and Île Howe, as well as the smaller Île Mac Murdo, Île Briand, Îles Dayman and Îlots Hallet, have...
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