beatrice

Beatrice
    n 1: the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine
         Comedy
    

Beatrice, AL (town, FIPS 4900)
  Location: 31.73375 N, 87.20904 W
  Population (1990): 454 (187 housing units)
  Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 36425
Beatrice, NE (city, FIPS 3390)
  Location: 40.26984 N, 96.74563 W
  Population (1990): 12354 (5532 housing units)
  Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 68310
    

Beatrice, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    12496
   Housing Units (2000): 5818
   Land area (2000):     7.497636 sq. miles (19.418788 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    7.497636 sq. miles (19.418788 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            03390
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             40.268449 N, 96.743192 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     68310
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Beatrice, NE
    Beatrice
    

Beatrice, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
   Population (2000):    412
   Housing Units (2000): 203
   Land area (2000):     1.351550 sq. miles (3.500497 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.351550 sq. miles (3.500497 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            04900
   Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
   Location:             31.733178 N, 87.206773 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     36425
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Beatrice, AL
    Beatrice
    

BEATRICE

a Florentine girl who gained fame by refusing the
suit of a love-sick poet.  Later she conducted him through
heaven, and made arrangements for his travels in the other
place.  B. died a famous old maid.  Ambition:  A lover with
money. Epitaph:  She Might Have Been Mrs. Dante Had She Wanted
To.