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1French Catholics in the United States — • History and statistics of French Canadian immigration to the United States Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. French Catholics in the United States French Catholics in the United States …
2extraction — [[t]ɪkstræ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT: with supp If you say, for example, that someone is of French extraction, you mean that they or their family originally came from France. [FORMAL] Her real father was of Italian extraction... He married a young… …
3extraction — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act or process of extracting something 2. ancestry, origin < a family of French extraction > 3. something extracted …
4French Literature — • Origin, foundations, and types Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. French Literature French Literature † …
5French Congo — Congo français French colony ← …
6extraction — ex|trac|tion [ıkˈstrækʃən] n 1.) [U and C] the process of removing or obtaining something from something else extraction of ▪ the extraction of salt from seawater ▪ the extraction of information from appropriate reference sources mineral/oil etc… …
7French red plan — The French red plan ( plan rouge ) is a French emergency plan used if an emergency has a significant number of casualties in a limited area. Its aim is to organize the rescue resources to cope with the concentrated casualties.It is different from …
8Extraction of petroleum — Pumpjack on an oil well in Texas The extraction of petroleum is the process by which usable petroleum is extracted and removed from the earth. Contents 1 …
9extraction — noun 1 (C, U) the process of removing an object or substance from inside something else (+ of): the extraction of uranium from uranium ore 2 be of French/Russian/Italian etc extraction to be from a French, Russian etc family even though you were… …
10French nobility — The nobility ( fr. la noblesse) in France, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, had specific legal and financial rights, and prerogatives.The first official list of these prerogatives was established relatively late, under Louis XI of… …
