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a) Any of several placenames in England from the words for valley and habitation.b) from the placenames.
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Compton — may refer to: Contents 1 Places 1.1 Canada 1.2 England 1.3 … Wikipedia
Compton — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in England: Compton (Berkshire) Compton (Plymouth) Compton (Surrey) Compton (Wiltshire) Compton (Wolverhampton) in den Vereinigten Staaten: Compton (Arkansas) Compton (Illinois) Compton (Kalifornien) Compton (Maryland)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Compton — Ciudad de los Estados Unidos El Martin Luther King Monument delante del Ayun … Wikipedia Español
Compton's O.G. — Compton s O.G. Studio album by MC Eiht featuring Compton s Most Wanted Released October … Wikipedia
Compton — Compton, Arthur Holly Compton, efecto * * * (as used in expressions) Compton, Arthur (Holly) Compton, efecto Compton Burnett, Dame Ivy Crick, Francis (Harry Compton) Mackenzie, Sir (Edward Montague) Compton … Enciclopedia Universal
Compton — Compton, CA U.S. city in California Population (2000): 93493 Housing Units (2000): 23795 Land area (2000): 10.134130 sq. miles (26.247276 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.069970 sq. miles (0.181222 sq. km) Total area (2000): 10.204100 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Compton, CA — U.S. city in California Population (2000): 93493 Housing Units (2000): 23795 Land area (2000): 10.134130 sq. miles (26.247276 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.069970 sq. miles (0.181222 sq. km) Total area (2000): 10.204100 sq. miles (26.428498 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Compton, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 347 Housing Units (2000): 136 Land area (2000): 0.165860 sq. miles (0.429576 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.165860 sq. miles (0.429576 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Compton — (Arthur Holly) (1892 1962) physicien américain. Il participa à la conception et à la mise au point de la bombe atomique. P. Nobel 1927. Compton (John) (né en 1926) homme politique de Sainte Lucie. Prés. du Parti uni des travailleurs, il est… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Compton — Compton1 [kämp′tən] 1. Arthur Holly [häl′ē] 1892 1962; U.S. physicist 2. Karl Taylor 1887 1954; U.S. physicist; brother of Arthur Compton2 [kämp′tən] [after G. D. Compton, a founder of the Univ. of S Calif.] city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los… … English World dictionary
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