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  2. Toponymy of England - Wikipedia

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    Brittonic place-names, or names with Brittonic elements, are extremely few in the south and east of England. Moving north and west, however, they increase substantially in frequency (for example, Crewkerne in Somerset and Morecambe in Lancashire).

  3. Elves in fiction - Wikipedia

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    In Mazza's first book, The Harrow: From Under a Tree, the first appearance of elves is described as follows: "Dressed in pure white and with long black hair was a fair-skinned elf, the Elf-King to be exact, and his name was Dalgaes. Faithfully by the Elf-King's side was the archer Tinnfierl, a slim elf with auburn hair, wearing a mixture of tan ...

  4. The Elder Scrolls - Wikipedia

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    Tamriel comprises nine provinces, each of which is dominated by a distinct race: Black Marsh is home to the Argonians; Cyrodiil is home to the Imperials; Elsweyr is home to the Khajiit; Hammerfell is home to the Redguards; High Rock is home to the Bretons; Morrowind is home to the Dunmer, or Dark Elves; Skyrim is home to the Nords; Summerset ...

  5. List of dwarfs in Norse mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Prose and Poetic Eddas, which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology, contain many names of dwarfs.While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come down to us today only as names in various lists provided for the benefit of skalds or poets of the medieval period and are included here for the purpose of completeness.

  6. Dark elf - Wikipedia

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    Dark elf may refer to: . Dökkálfar or dark elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology.; Svartálfar or black elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology; Moriquendi, a fictional race of elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium

  7. Lists of nicknames - Wikipedia

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    A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [1] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule. A moniker also means a nickname or personal name.

  8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dragonborn - Wikipedia

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    The expansion is set on the island of Solstheim, located off the north coast of Morrowind.Solstheim was a territory that once belonged to Skyrim until the High King gave the island to Morrowind to serve as a refuge for the Dunmer fleeing Morrowind after the eruption of the Red Mountain volcano.

  9. List of the most common U.S. place names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.