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    Orgueil (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɡœj] ; Occitan: Orgulh) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Orgueil...
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    Mont Orgueil (French for 'Mount Pride') is a castle in Jersey that overlooks the harbour of Gorey; a port on the east coast of the Island. It is known...
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    Orgueil is a scientifically important carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell in southwestern France in 1864. The Orgueil meteorite fell on May 14,...
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    fragments from a meteorite crashed into the French city of Orgueil. A separate fragment of the Orgueil meteorite (kept in a sealed glass jar since its discovery)...
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    meteorite falls. Some famous carbonaceous chondrites are: Allende, Murchison, Orgueil, Ivuna, Murray, Tagish Lake, Sutter's Mill and Winchcombe. C chondrites...
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    number of times, leading to the construction of fortifications such as Mont Orgueil Castle and a thriving smuggling industry. During the Second World War,...
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  • SONCAS is a French acronym for Sécurité - Orgueil - Nouveauté - Confort - Argent - Sympathie. Well known in France, this system was invented to know what...
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  • Rocks 1st Photos of Mars by Curiosity Rover (Gallery) Filaments in the Orgueil meteorite, seen under a scanning electron microscope, could be evidence...
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    Royalists. The Royalists managed to hold onto the twin fortresses of Mont Orgueil and Elizabeth Castle and soon were able to rout the Island's Parliamentarian...
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    location of the harbour led to the construction of the castle of Mont Orgueil to protect the island against the French, also serving as residence for...
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    Jersey and Guernsey in 1372, and in 1373 Bertrand du Guesclin besieged Mont Orgueil. The young King Richard II of England reconfirmed in 1378 the Charter rights...
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  • the Duchy of Normandy in 1204 and the design consequently includes Mont Orgueil castle and other historic symbols. It has serial number with prefix "J8C"...
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    arbre, donc : « arbre à crin végétal »... [– rehazo]: de reha : fierté, orgueil ; et hazo : arbre ; arbre orgueilleux, de port altier... Dransfield, John;...
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    to death, later commuted to life imprisonment. He died in 1666 at Mont Orgueil on the island of Jersey. Hardress Waller is thought to have been born around...
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    meteorite whose fall can be dated precisely (to 19 May 861, at Nōgata) Orgueil – A famous meteorite due to its especially primitive nature and high presolar...
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    Essex. She was originally to have been called Gorey Castle (after Mont Orgueil in Jersey). She was launched at John Crown & Sons Ltd in Sunderland on...
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    pretender Louis, count of Provence. In 1799 he was a regular visitor at Mont Orgueil, Jersey where he would meet Philippe d'Auvergne, a British spymaster.: 107 ...
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    de leur survivre Que de partager leur cercueil, Nous aurons le sublime orgueil De les venger ou de les suivre. Refrain [a.lõ.z‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃ də la pa.tʁi.ə]...
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    reversion of the office of governor of Jersey, and of the castle of Mont Orgueil in that island. Ughtred also pursued mercantile interests and was able...
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    the Island. Remains of an Iron Age fort were located on the site of Mont Orgueil Castle to the east of the island as well as materials from the Neolithic...
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