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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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    Paris, France (the other natural island is the Île de la Cité, where Notre-Dame de Paris is located). Île Saint-Louis is connected to the rest of Paris...
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    Baron Guy Édouard Alphonse Paul de Rothschild (pronounced [baʁɔ̃ ɡi edwaːʁt‿alfɔ̃s pɔl də ʁɔt.ʃild]; 21 May 1909 – 12 June 2007) was a French banker and...
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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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    île de Croÿ, île du Roland, îles Ternay, îles d'Après) Île de Castries Îles Leygues (north, including île de Castries, île Dauphine) Île Violette Île Australia...
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  • Ile de Chypre (25 March 1985 – 2010) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After showing some promise as a juvenile he improved to become a leading...
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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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    Petite Basque ("the small Basque") Île Manowin (from the Montagnais manouane meaning "where eggs are picked") Île du Corossol (named after the French...
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    capture Île Bonaparte, which he restored to its former name of "Île Bourbon". In August, Rowley attempted to extend his blockade of Isle de France by...
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  • Guy de Lussigny (30 August 1929 in Cambrai, northern France – 14 July 2001 in Paris) was a French painter of the school of geometric abstraction. Guy...
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