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(Encyclopedia) Curitiba Curitiba k&oomacr;rētēˈbä [key], city, capital of Paraná state, SE Brazil. It was founded…Friedrichshafen
(Encyclopedia) Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen frēˈdrĭkhs-häˌfən [key], city, Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, a port on…Guido of Siena
(Encyclopedia) Guido of SienaGuido of Sienasēĕnˈə [key], fl. 13th cent., Italian painter. All that is known of him is an inscription on a large and almost completely repainted Virgin and Child…Vallotton, Félix
(Encyclopedia) Vallotton, FélixVallotton, Félixfālēksˈ välətôNˈ [key], 1865–1925, Swiss woodcut artist and painter. Associated with the Nabis, he worked in Paris. In the 1890s Vallotton rejuvenated…Uman
(Encyclopedia) UmanUman&oomacr;mänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 91,000), central Ukraine, at the confluence of the Kamenka and Umanka rivers. It is a rail junction and has plants producing scientific…Campinas
(Encyclopedia) Campinas Campinas kəmpēˈnəs [key], city, São Paulo state, S Brazil. It is a growing industrial…Stifter, Adalbert
(Encyclopedia) Stifter, AdalbertStifter, Adalbertäˈdälbĕrt shtĭfˈtər [key], 1805–68, Austrian writer, b. Bohemia. Learned in law, mathematics, and science and accomplished as an artist, he was a…Stoss, Veit
(Encyclopedia) Stoss, VeitStoss, Veitfīt shtôs [key], c.1445–1533, German sculptor. He worked in Kraków (1477–86, 1488–96) and Nuremberg, his birthplace. The great carved wooden high altar in St.…Cerro de Pasco
(Encyclopedia) Cerro de Pasco Cerro de Pasco sĕrˈrō ᵺā päsˈkō [key], city, capital of…most-favored-nation clause
(Encyclopedia) most-favored-nation clause (MFN), provision in a commercial treaty binding the signatories to extend trading benefits equal to those accorded any third state. The clause ensures equal…Trending
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