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Look up: Bruce

  1. Bruce
    Bruce is a township in La Salle County Illinois, USA. Bruce is a village in Rusk County Wisconsin, USA. Bruce is a city in Brookings County South Dakota, USA. Bruce is a township in Cavalier County North Dakota, USA. Bruce is a town in Calhoun County Mississippi, USA. Bruce is a township in Todd County Minnesota, USA. Bruce is a township in Macomb County Michigan, USA. Bruce is a township in Chippewa County Michigan, USA.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Bruce
    [n] - Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) 2. [n] - King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Bruce
    One of the chief Scottish noble houses. Robert (I) the Bruce and his son, David II, were both kings of Scotland descended from Robert de Bruis (died 1094), a Norman knight who arrived in England...
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  4. Bruce
    Robert the Bruce noun King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Bruce
    Sir David Bruce noun Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Bruce
    The English language name `Bruce` arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix of the Manche `département` in Normandy, France, meaning `the willowlands`. Initially promulgated via the descendants of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland (1274-1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name. The variant `Lebrix` and `Le Brix` are French variations of the surname.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce

  7. Bruce
    (from the article `Aberdeenshire`) ...in the long struggle between the rival houses of Canmore and Macbeth. It was at Lumphanan that Macbeth fell in 1057. During the Anglo-Norman ... The Anglo-Norman family of Bruce, which had come to Scotland in the early 12th century, was related by marriage to the Scottish royal family, and ... [2...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/120

  8. Bruce
    Bruce is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Of Brieuse, France` Where is it used? The name Bruce is mainly used In Scottish and In English. Bruce appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 438. In the last 128 years Bruce has occupied a spot In the top 1000 without interruptions. The name reached the top-100 4 times. 1950 was a `
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Bruc

  9. Bruce
    Bruce, J. C. 'Hadrian's Wall', Handbook to the Roman Wall; as seen in the Encyclopædia Britannica, William Benton, Publisher; Chicago, 1968.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. Bruce
    Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. His son was granted fiefs in Scotland, and the family therefore rendered homage in both kingdoms. The 5th Robert the Bruce was...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08


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