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(Encyclopedia) RoussillonRoussillonr&oomacr;sēyôNˈ [key], small region and former province, S France, bordering on Spain along the Pyrenees and on the Mediterranean, part of the administrative…Pula
(Encyclopedia) PulaPulap&oomacr;ˈlä [key], Ital. Pola, city (2011 pop. 57,460), W Croatia, on the Adriatic and at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula. A major seaport and an industrial…Mangas Coloradas
(Encyclopedia) Mangas ColoradasMangas Coloradasmängˈgäs kōlōräˈᵺäs [key] [Span.,=red sleeves], c.1797–1863, chief of the Mimbrenos group of Apache of SW New Mexico. Many of the Mimbrenos were…Meleager
(Encyclopedia) MeleagerMeleagermĕlēāˈjər [key], hero in Greek mythology. He was the son of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and Althaea. When Meleager was born, a prophecy said that he would die when a…Flaminius, Caius
(Encyclopedia) Flaminius, CaiusFlaminius, Caiuskāˈəs fləmĭnˈēəs, kīˈəs [key], d. 217 b.c., Roman statesman and general. In his tribuneship (232) he sponsored an agrarian law for the benefit of the…Hamilton, John Hamilton, 1st marquess of
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, John Hamilton, 1st marquess of, 1532–1604, Scottish nobleman; second son of James Hamilton, 2d earl of Arran. He was in his earlier years hostile to Mary Queen of Scots, but…Vis
(Encyclopedia) VisVisvēs [key], Gr. Issa, Ital. Lissa, island, 35 sq mi (91 sq km), Croatia, off the Dalmatian coast in the Adriatic. A popular resort, its chief industries are fishing, citrus…Bayonne, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Bayonne Bayonne bāyōnˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 71,686), Hudson co., NE N.J., on a 3-mi (4.8-km…international language
(Encyclopedia) international language, sometimes called universal language, a language intended to be used by people of different linguistic backgrounds to facilitate communication among them and to…Rohmer, Eric
(Encyclopedia) Rohmer, Eric, 1920–2010, French film director and writer, b. Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer. He was a founder (1950) of La Gazette du cinéma, cowrote (1957) a study of Alfred Hitchcock,…Trending
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