Travancore was a kingdom that once encompassed much of southern India.
One of New Jersey's earliest townships, it once encompassed a much larger area.
This area once encompassed nearly 10 million ha of floodplain forests, most of which has been converted to agriculture over the past two centuries.
Pierucci again: "Since the Catholicism once encompassed more than 90% of the Brazilian population it would be impossible to grow without converting Catholics".
The sprawling investigation into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac once encompassed both civil and criminal elements, making headlines as one of the most significant cases to stem from the financial crisis.
Built in the 16th century, and extended over the decades, Northcliffe once encompassed 256 acres, or almost 104 hectares, he said.
There are 15 homes on the market, ranging from the low $900,000s to $3.995 million for the 1902 William K. Vanderbilt estate, which once encompassed much of the village but now stands on 1.62 acres south of the lake.
The word Dutch (from German Deutsch, meaning "German"), which once encompassed all non-English speakers of Germanic languages, is in the 21st century a misnomer, as Dutch has come to be associated strictly with people from the Netherlands.
The iron castings are evidence of a seminal economic transition that is unfolding in the six-state Ohio River Valley, a region that once encompassed much of what used to be called the Rust Belt.
Coode, who has four children, says: "I had to phone my wife and ask her to make up a bed in our living room". Reichlin, 25, is the inheritor of a centuries-old tradition that once encompassed Britain, but appears to have survived only in parts of Europe such as Germany and France.
