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Gothic language
(Encyclopedia) Gothic language, dead language belonging to the now extinct East Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Gothic has…Paleosiberian languages
(Encyclopedia) Paleosiberian languagesPaleosiberian languagespāˌlēōsībērˈēən [key], also called Paleoasiatic or Hyperborean languages, family of languages spoken by about 15,000 indigenous…Kachchh
(Encyclopedia) Kachchh,&sp;Kutch, or CutchCutchall: kŭch [key], district (1991 pop. 1,252,507), 17,000 sq mi (44,030 sq km), Gujarat state, W India, bounded on the N by Pakistan. It is largely…Chaetognatha
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Anatomy of an arrow worm, Sagitta, representative of the phylum Chaetognatha ChaetognathaChaetognathakētôgnăthˈə [key], phylum of predominantly pelagic marine animals commonly…etymology
(Encyclopedia) etymologyetymologyĕtĭmŏlˈəjē [key], branch of linguistics that investigates the history, development, and origin of words. It was this study that chiefly revealed the regular relations…Phrygia
(Encyclopedia) PhrygiaPhrygiafrĭˈjēə [key], ancient region, central Asia Minor (now central Turkey). The Phrygians, who settled here c.1200 b.c., came from the Balkans and apparently spoke an Indo-…tang, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) tang, common name for certain members of the Acanthuridae, a family of mostly small, mainly reef-dwelling tropical fishes with compressed bodies and small mouths and teeth. Other…Media
(Encyclopedia) MediaMediamēˈdēə [key], ancient country of W Asia whose actual boundaries cannot be defined, occupying generally what is now W Iran and S Azerbaijan. It extended from the Caspian Sea…Picts
(Encyclopedia) Picts, ancient inhabitants of central and N Scotland, of uncertain origin. First mentioned (a.d. 297) by the Roman writer Eumenius as northern invaders of Roman Britain, they were…Norse
(Encyclopedia) Norse, another name for the North Germanic, or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). The modern Norse…Trending
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