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Heinse, Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia) Heinse, WilhelmHeinse, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm hīnˈsə [key], 1746–1803, German novelist. His principal novels, Ardinghello; or, An Artist's Rambles in Sicily (1787, tr. 1839) and Hildegard von…Spielhagen, Friedrich
(Encyclopedia) Spielhagen, FriedrichSpielhagen, Friedrichfrēˈdrĭkh shpēlˈhägən [key], 1829–1911, German novelist. His works, chiefly on social and political themes, include Problematische Naturen (…Goodwin Sands
(Encyclopedia) Goodwin Sands, stretch of shoals and sandbars, c.10 mi (20 km) long, lying off the east coast of Kent, SE England. It forms a breakwater E of The Downs, a roadstead. Shipwrecks were…flood, in hydrology
(Encyclopedia) flood, inundation of land by the rise and overflow of a body of water. Floods occur most commonly when water from heavy rainfall, from melting ice and snow, or from a combination of…wave, in the earth sciences
(Encyclopedia) CE5 A. Diagram of wave: Wave travels one wavelength during one period B. Diagram of wave: Phase relationships wave, in oceanography, an oscillating movement up and down, of a body…Hadad, in ancient Middle Eastern religions
(Encyclopedia) HadadHadadhāˈdăd [key] or AdadHadadāˈdăd [key], ancient weather god of Semitic origin, worshiped in Babylonia and Assyria. Important throughout the Middle East, he was worshiped under…Husum
(Encyclopedia) Husum Husum h&oomacr;ˈz&oobreve;m [key], city, Schleswig-Holstein, NW Germany, a port on the…San Fernando, city, Argentina
(Encyclopedia) San FernandoSan Fernandosăn fərnănˈdō [key], city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. The…Cienfuegos
(Encyclopedia) Cienfuegos Cienfuegos syānfwāˈgōs [key], city, capital of Cienfuegos prov., central Cuba, a port on the…Skara Brae
(Encyclopedia) Skara BraeSkara Braeskârˈə brā [key], Stone Age village, on Mainland in the Orkney Islands, N Scotland. Dating from c.3200 to 2200 b.c., the village was preserved under a sand dune…Trending
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