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Dacia
(Encyclopedia) DaciaDaciadāˈshə [key], ancient name of the European region corresponding roughly to modern Romania (including Transylvania). It was inhabited before the Christian era by a people who…Brewer's: Oriflamme
(3 syl.). First used in France as a national banner in 1119. It consisted of a crimson flag mounted on a gilt staff (un glaive tout doré ou est attaché une bannière vermeille). The flag…Brewer's: Fierabras
(Sir), of Alexandria, son of Balan, King of Spain. The greatest giant that ever walked the earth. For height of stature, breadth of shoulder, and hardness of muscle he never had an equal.…The True George Washington: Relations with the Fair Sex
Relations with the Fair SexEarly RomanceThe book from which Washington derived almost the whole of his education warned its readers,—"Young Men have ever more a special care That Womanish…The Congress of Women: Göethe and Schiller
by Miss Mary Virginia Keene The Woman Who Has ComeEvolution of American LiteratureGöethe and Schiller Miss Mary Virginia Keene was born in the city of Erie, Pa. Her parents were Galen…Bassas da India
(Encyclopedia) Bassas da IndiaBassas da Indiabäˌsäs də ēndyäˈ [key], uninhabited atoll, 0.1 sq mi (0.2 sq km), in the S Mozambique Channel, W Indian Ocean, about midway between Madagascar and…Dithmarschen
(Encyclopedia) DithmarschenDithmarschendĭtˈmärshən [key], region, SW Schleswig-Holstein, N Germany, between the Elbe and Eider rivers. It is chiefly an agricultural region, with extensive cattle…Kaskaskia
(Encyclopedia) KaskaskiaKaskaskiakăskăsˈkēə [key], small village, Randolph co., SE Ill., on Kaskaskia island in the Mississippi River where it is joined by the Kaskaskia River. The settlement was…Appaloosa horse
(Encyclopedia) Appaloosa horseAppaloosa horseăpˌəl&oomacr;ˈsə [key], breed of light horse developed in the United States by the Nez Percé of Idaho from a horse that originated in Asia and was…Louis II, king of Naples
(Encyclopedia) Louis II, 1377–1417, king of Naples (1384–1417), duke of Anjou, count of Provence, son and successor of Louis I of Naples. In 1389 the antipope Clement VII (Robert of Geneva) invested…Trending
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