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Mahabalipuram

(Encyclopedia) MahabalipuramMahabalipuramməhäˈbəlĭp&oobreve;rəm [key], town, Tamil Nadu state, SE India, a coastal resort on the Coromandel Coast. Archaeological remains there represent some of…

Ise

(Encyclopedia) Ise Ise ēˈsā [key], city, Mie prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. It is one of the…

Invalides, Hôtel des

(Encyclopedia) Invalides, Hôtel desInvalides, Hôtel desōtĕlˈ dāzăNvälēdˈ [key], celebrated landmark of Paris, France, built (1671–76) by Libéral Bruant as a hospital for disabled veterans. One of the…

Léger, Fernand

(Encyclopedia) Léger, FernandLéger, FernandfĕrnäNˈ lāzhāˈ [key], 1881–1955, French painter. Léger first studied architecture, then he began to paint, studying briefly at the École des Beaux-Arts. He…

Maceió

(Encyclopedia) MaceióMaceióməsāôˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 629,041), capital of Alagoas state, E Brazil, on a narrow strip of land between a lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean. Its port is at Jaraguá.…

McGill University

(Encyclopedia) McGill University, at Montreal, Que., Canada; coeducational; chartered 1821, opened 1829. It was named for James McGill, who left a bequest to establish it. Its real development dates…

Loos, Adolf

(Encyclopedia) Loos, AdolfLoos, Adolfäˈdôlf lōs [key], 1870–1933, Austrian architect. His rationalist design theories were strongly influenced by his stay in the United States from 1893 to 1896,…

Dearborn

(Encyclopedia) Dearborn, city (2020 pop. 109,976), Wayne co., SE Mich., on the River Rouge, adjoining Detroit; settled 1795, consolidated with the city…

Charlotte Amalie

(Encyclopedia) Charlotte Amalie Charlotte Amalie əmälˈē [key], town, capital of the Virgin Islands of the United…

Einsiedeln

(Encyclopedia) Einsiedeln Einsiedeln īnˈzēˌdəln [key], town, Schwyz canton, E central Switzerland. Einsiedeln is the…