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Cinque Ports Fleet
Cinque is Italian for ''five'', and may refer to: Places * Cinque Ports, five English ports making up the Confederation of the Cinque Ports * Cinque Terre, five coastal villages in the province of La Spezia in Italy * Cinque Island, an island in the Andaman archipelago, India People * Joseph Cinqué (c. 1814–c. 1879), leader of the ''La Amistad'' slave revolt * Cinque Mtume or Donald DeFreeze (1943–1974), leader of the Symbionese Liberation Army * Flaminia Cinque, English actress (born 1964) * Joe Cinque Joseph V. Cinque (1938) is an American felon and mobster. He was CEO and president of the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences (AAHS). Names Cinque has been known by the nicknames "the Preppy Don" and "Joey No Socks". In an April 1995 profile ..., Australian murder victim * Guglielmo Cinque, linguist Characters * Cinque Nakajima, in the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series * Cinque Izumi, in the Japanese TV series ''Dog Days (Japanese TV series)#Characters, Dog Days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinque Ports
The Confederation of Cinque Ports () is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one outlier (Brightlingsea) in Essex. The name is Old French, meaning "five harbours", and alludes to the original five members (Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich). At its peak in the late middle ages, the confederation included over 40 members. The confederation was originally formed for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. The ports lie on the western shore of the English Channel, where the crossing to the European continent is narrowest. Origins The origins of the confederation are obscure, but are believed to lie in the late Anglo-Saxon period, and specifically in the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042–1066). Certain south-east ports were granted the local profits of justice in return for providing ships. The ship service of Romney, Dover and Sandwich (but not the confederation itself) is note ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
