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Barnes, William
(Encyclopedia) Barnes, William, 1801–86, English poet and philologist. After a career as a schoolmaster, he took holy orders in 1847. He is best known for his poems in Dorset dialect, which began to…Oriya
(Encyclopedia) OriyaOriyaôrēˈyə [key] or OdiaOdiaôdēˈə [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian.American University of Beirut
(Encyclopedia) American University of Beirut, at Beirut, Lebanon; English language; chartered by New York State in 1866 as Syrian Protestant College, rechartered 1920 as the American Univ. of Beirut…Gaelic
(Encyclopedia) GaelicGaelicgāˈlĭk [key], or Goidelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages; Irish language.Goidelic
(Encyclopedia) GoidelicGoidelicgoidĕlˈĭk [key], or Gaelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages; Irish language.Bengali
(Encyclopedia) BengaliBengalibĕngälˈē [key] or BanglaBanglabängˈlä [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-…Berlin, Free University of
(Encyclopedia) Berlin, Free University of, at Berlin, Germany; founded in 1948 by students and faculty seceding from Humboldt Univ. in East Berlin. Supported by both the city of Berlin and the German…Bhils
(Encyclopedia) BhilsBhilsbēlz [key], people, numbering about 3 million, who inhabit portions of Pakistan and of W central India, especially S Rajasthan and Gujarat states. They speak an Indo-European…Micaëlis de Vasconcelos, Carolina
(Encyclopedia) Micaëlis de Vasconcelos, CarolinaMicaëlis de Vasconcelos, Carolinakärōlēˈnä mēkäāˈlĭs dĭ väshˌk&oobreve;nsĕlˈ&oobreve;sh [key], 1851–1925, Portuguese scholar, b. Berlin. As a…Malherbe, François de
(Encyclopedia) Malherbe, François deMalherbe, François defräNswäˈ də mälĕrbˈ [key], 1555–1628, French poet and critic, official poet of Henry IV and Louis XIII. His own poems approach technical…Trending
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