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(Encyclopedia) syphilissyphilissĭfˈəlĭs [key], contagious sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum (described by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann in 1905). Syphilis…creole
(Encyclopedia) creolecreolecrēˈōl [key], Span. criollocreolecrēōlˈyō [key] [probably from crío=child], term originally applied in West Indies to the native-born descendants of the Spanish conquerors…Antigua Guatemala
(Encyclopedia) Antigua Guatemala Antigua Guatemala ăntēˈgwə gwätəmäˈlə, Span. äntēˈgwä gwätāmäˈlä [key] [Span.,=Old Guatemala] or Antigua, town, S central Guatemala. It…cloister
(Encyclopedia) cloister, unroofed space forming part of a religious establishment and surrounded by the various buildings or by enclosing walls. Generally, it is provided on all sides with a vaulted…Kollontai, Aleksandra Mikhaylovna
(Encyclopedia) Kollontai, Aleksandra MikhaylovnaKollontai, Aleksandra Mikhaylovnaəlyĭksänˈdrə mēkhīˈləvnə kələntīˈ [key], 1872–1952, Russian revolutionary, diplomat, and novelist, whose maiden name…evening primrose
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Evening primrose, Oenothera biennis evening primrose, common name for the Onagraceae, a family of plants of worldwide distribution, most species of which grow as herbs in the…mustang
(Encyclopedia) mustang [Sp. mesteño=a stray], small feral horse of the W United States. Mustangs are descended from escaped Native American horses, which in turn were descended from horses of North…Cabot, John
(Encyclopedia) Cabot, John, fl. 1461–98, English explorer, probably b. Genoa, Italy. He became a citizen of Venice in 1476 and engaged in the Eastern trade of that city. This experience, it is…Todorov, Tzvetan
(Encyclopedia) Todorov, Tzvetan, 1939–2017, Bulgarian-French literary theorist, historian of ideas, and sociologist, b. Sofia, Bulgaria, Ph.D. Univ. of Paris, 1966. He joined (1968) the National…Santo Domingo, city, Dominican Republic
(Encyclopedia) Santo DomingoSanto Domingosänˈtō dōmēngˈgō [key], city (1993 pop. 1,609,966), S Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River. It is the country's capital,…Trending
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