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Cheddar
a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made
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Sealyham
a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred
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El Alamein
a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942
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Jericho
a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land
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Jamestown
a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607
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Chancellorsville
a village in northeastern Virginia
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Spotsylvania
a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War
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Yorktown
a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution
