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Any place noted as an important gathering center is sometimes called a "mecca." Such use is an example of eponymy, the conversion of proper nouns (names) into common ones.
A great trading empire
Trading and invention of an alphabet.
Henry Adams was known for many things. Henry Adams was most noted for being an American journalist, historian, and novelist. He is known for his biography called "The Education of Henry Adams".
Kilkenny is noted for many things. Kilkenny is noted for its castle for example. In sport it is noted as being the most successful county in the sport of Hurling, having won more All-Ireland Senior Hurling titles than any other county.
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King Henry the Eighth of England was noted for having six wives.
The city of Lurgan is located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland and is known historically to be the center of textile productions during the industrial revolution. This continued until the 1990s and 2000s when the production dissipated.
Henry II of England
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Patrick Henry was a noted Anti-Federalist.
the town and the college ( it is not a university)- are in Lorain county, Ohio, also noted for Crane manufacturing.