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Hoxha, Enver
(Encyclopedia)Hoxha, Enver ĕnˈvĕr hôˈjä [key], 1908–85, Albanian Communist leader and general. A founder (1941) of the Albanian Communist party (Albanian Labor party from 1948), Hoxha headed the radical res...Hu Jintao
(Encyclopedia)Hu Jintao ho͞oˈ jĭnˈtouˈ [key], 1942–, Chinese political leader, b. Jixi, Anhui prov. A hydroelectric engineering graduate (1965) of Tsinghua Univ., he joined the Chinese Communist party in 196...Mongolian languages
(Encyclopedia)Mongolian languages, group of languages forming a subdivision of the Altaic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages). The Mongolian languages are spoken by ab...Koko Nor
(Encyclopedia)Koko Nor, salt lake, China: see Qinghai Hu. ...Kuldja
(Encyclopedia)Kuldja or Gulja: see Yining, China. ...Chin, dynasty of China (265–420)
(Encyclopedia)Chin, dynasty of China (265–420): see Tsin. ...Chinese Communist party
(Encyclopedia)Chinese Communist party: see Communist party, in China. ...Dongsha Island
(Encyclopedia)Dongsha Island, South China Sea: see Pratas Island. ...Tsangbo
(Encyclopedia)Tsangbo, river, Tibet Autonomous Region, China: see Brahmaputra. ...Khingan, Great
(Encyclopedia)Khingan, Great, mountain range, China: see Hinggan Ling, Da. ...Browse by Subject
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