A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Windham ... Winstanley, Gerrard Windham county, southeastern Vermont, U.S., bounded to the west by the Green Mountains, to the south ... Windham town (township), Windham county, east-central Connecticut, U.S. It is situated in an area drained by ... Windhoek town, capital of Namibia, located roughly in the centre of the country. It lies at ... [5 Related Articles] Winding, Kai (from the article "Johnson, J.J.") ...among jazz musicians and performed with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis, among others. ... Windischgratz, Alfred, Furst zu Austrian field marshal who was the leader of the reactionary faction of the Habsburg empire ... [2 Related Articles] Windischgratz, Alfred, Furst zu (from the article "Austria") The franchise question continued to dominate Austrian domestic affairs and became closely welded to the ... windmill device for tapping the energy of the wind by means of sails mounted on a ... 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