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ENGYON
, an See also:ancient See also:town of the interior of See also:Sicily, a Cretan See also:colony, according to See also:legend, and famous for an ancient See also:temple of the Matres which aroused the greed of See also:Verres
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Its site is uncertain; some topographers have identified it with Gangi, a town 20 M
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S.S.E. of See also:Cefalu, but only on the ground of the similarity of the two names
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See C
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Hiilsen in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopddie, v
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2568
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ENID, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Garfield county, See also:Oklahoma, U.S.A., about 55 M
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N.W. of See also:Guthrie
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Pop
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(1900) 3444; (1907) 10,087 (355 of See also:negro descent); (191o) 13,799
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Enid is served by the St See also: Enid is situated in a flourishing agricultural and stock-raising region, of which it is the commercial centre, and has various manufactures, including See also:lumber, See also:brick, See also:tile and See also:flour . Natural See also:gas was discovered near the city in 1907 . Enid was founded in 1893 and was chartered as a city in the same See also:year . |
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