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| Adjective | 1. Coming next after the sixteenth in position.[Wordnet]. | |
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| 17th Airlift Squadron | The 17th Airlift Squadron is one of 4 active duty C-17A Globemaster III squadrons at Charleston AFB, SC. The 17th is under the 437th Operations Group, 437th Airlift Wing, Nineteenth Air Force, Air Mobility Command. (references) | ||
| 17th Lancers | The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, most famous for its participation in the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War. (references) | ||
| 17th parallel north | The 17th parallel was established as the boundary between north and south Vietnam during the time the country was divided. (references) | ||
| 17th Signal Battalion | The 17th Signal Battalion of the United States Army is a MSE (Mobile Subscriber Equipment) equipped signal battalion that supports the 22nd Signal Brigade in communications and automations. Based in Darmstadt, Germany. (references) | ||
| 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen | The 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Götz von Berlichingen was a German Waffen-SS mechanised infantry division which saw action on the Western Front during World War II. (references) | ||
| 17th Street Canal | The 17th Street Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana that flows into Lake Pontchartrain. After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the 17th Street Canal Levee was breached over a two city-block wide length, contributing to extensive flooding in New Orleans. (references) | ||
| Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton | Archibald William Alexander Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton (16 October 1914-1966) was the son of Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton. (references) | ||
| British 17th (Northern) Division | The British 17th (Northern) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division moved to France in July 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front. (references) | ||
| De Vere, Edward, 17th Earl of Oxford | 1) Many of the plays are timely satires and allusions to political situations in Britain in the 1570s and 1580s. William Shakespeare (WS) would not be 20 until 1564; Edward De Vere (EV) would be in his 20 and 30s. (references) | ||
| Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby | The Right Honourable Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (4 April 1865-4 February 1948) was an English politician around the turn of the 20th century. (references) | ||
| Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset | The Most Noble Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset (May 1, 1882-April 26, 1954) was the son of Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset and Rowena Wall. (references) | ||
| French literature of the 17th century | French literature of the 17th century spans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the Fronde) and the reign of Louis XIV of France. The literature of this period (the "Grand siècle") is often equated with the Classicism of Louis XIV's long reign during which France was beyond question the leading country in Europe (both politically and culturally) and the classical ideals of order, clarity, sense of proportion, and good taste were expounded -- but the century produced in fact far more than just the classicist masterpieces of Jean Racine and Madame de Lafayette. (references) | ||
| Government of the 17th Dáil | The 17th Dáil was elected on October 4, 1961 and first met on November 11 when the 10th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 17th Dáil lasted for 1,281 days. (references) | ||
| History of anatomy in the 17th and 18th centuries | Italy, though rich in anatomical talent, has probably few greater names than that of Constantio Varoli or Varollus. Among the anatomists of the Italian school, as a pupil of Fallopius, Eustachius and U. Aldrovandus, is generally enumerated Volcher Coiter (b. 1534) of Groningen. He distinguished himself by accurate researches on the cartilages, the bones and the nerves, recognized the value of morbid anatomy, and made experiments on living animals to ascertain the action of the heart and the influence of the brain. (references) | ||
| John Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar | John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar (died 29 October, 1572), regent of Scotland, was a son of John, 5th Lord Erskine (d. 1552), who was guardian of King James V, and afterwards of Mary, Queen of Scots. (references) | ||
| Members of the 17th Dáil | This is a list of the 144 members who were elected to the 17th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. These Teachtaí Dála (Members of Parliament) were elected in the 1961 General Election and served until 1965. The Seventeenth Dáil lasted 1,281 days. (references) | ||
| Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk | The Most Noble Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC (21 July 1915-24 June 2003), known from 1971 to 1975 as The Lord Beaumont, was an English peer. (references) | ||
| U.S. 17th Airborne Division | The 17th Airborne Division was a division in the United States Army during World War II. It was part of the First Allied Airborne Army. (references) | ||
| William Cecil, 17th Baron de Ros | Sir William Cecil, 17th Baron de Ros (May 1590 - June 27, 1618). (references) | ||
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| Pro Intl Geog Cong, 17th | Library Science | Proceedings of the International Geographical Congress, 17th. Washington, D.C. 1952 [1957]. (references) | |
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