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Córdoba, city, Spain
(Encyclopedia) Córdoba or Cordova Cordova both: kôrˈdōvä [key], city, capital of Córdoba…Champa
(Encyclopedia) ChampaChampachämˈpä [key], the kingdom of the Chams, which flourished in Vietnam from the 2d cent. a.d. until the 17th cent. At its greatest extent it occupied Annam as far north as…Burney, Fanny
(Encyclopedia) Burney, Fanny, later Madame D'ArblayMadame D'Arblaydärblāˈ [key], 1752–1840, English novelist, daughter of Charles Burney, the composer, organist, and music scholar. Although she…DiMaggio, Joe
(Encyclopedia) DiMaggio, Joe (Joseph Paul DiMaggio)DiMaggio, Joedĭmăjˈēōˌ, –mäjˈēōˌ [key], 1914–99, American baseball player, b. Martinez, Calif. One of the most charismatic of 20th-century sports…Dodecanese
(Encyclopedia) Dodecanese Dodecanese dōdĕkˌənēsˈ, –nēz, dōˌdĕk– [key], Gr.…Chen Duxiu
(Encyclopedia) Chen Duxiu or Ch'en Tu-hsiuChen Duxiuboth: chŭn d&oomacr;-shy&oomacr; [key], 1879–1942, Chinese educator and Communist party leader. He was active in the republican revolution…Alfonso X, Spanish king of Castile and León
(Encyclopedia) Alfonso X (Alfonso the Wise), 1221–84, Spanish king of Castile and León (1252–84); son and successor of Ferdinand III, whose conquests of the Moors he continued, notably by taking…Arles
(Encyclopedia) Arles Arles ärl [key], city, Bouches-du-Rhône dept., S central France, in Provence, on the Rhône River delta. Arles is an important railroad, shipping,…Adonis, Syrian poet
(Encyclopedia) Adonis or Adunis, pen name of Ali Ahmad Said Esber, 1930–, Syrian poet and essayist, generally considered the Arab world's greatest living poet. He began writing poetry in the 1950s.…Francophonie, La
(Encyclopedia) Francophonie, La, officially the International Organization of the Francophonie, Fr. Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), an intergovernmental organization of mainly…Trending
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