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The castle's name Belvoir means beautiful view in Norman French. Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland has said the name Belvoir was brought over by the French-speaking Normans in the 11th century. As the Middle English–speaking Anglo-Saxons were unable to pronounce the name, they preferred to call it "Beaver Castle" – a usage which persists ...
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Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, [1] also Kochav HaYarden (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, lit. 'Star of the Jordan') and Kawkab al-Hawa ( Arabic : كوكب الهوا , lit. 'Star of the Wind'), is a Crusader castle in northern Israel , on a hill on the eastern edge of the Issachar Plateau , on the edge of Lower Galilee 20 ...
An aerial view of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau extermination camp on December 19, 2019 in Oswiecim, Poland. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images It has been 80 years since the Soviet Army liberated ...
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