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(Encyclopedia) Darjeeling or Darjiling Darjeeling both: därjēlˈĭng [key], town, West…Ulan-Ude
(Encyclopedia) Ulan-UdeUlan-Ude&oomacr;länˌ-&oomacr;dĕˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 353,000), capital of the Buryat Republic, SE Siberian Russia, on the Selenga River near its confluence with the…Say, Allen
(Encyclopedia) Say, Allen, 1937–, Japanese-American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Yokohama, Japan, as James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii. After an apprentceship with a well-known…pennyroyal
(Encyclopedia) pennyroyal, name for two similar plants of the family Labiatae (mint family), usually distinguished as true, or European, pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) and American, or mock, pennyroyal…Stead, Christina
(Encyclopedia) Stead, Christina, 1902–83, Australian novelist, b. Rockdale, New South Wales. She worked in the United States in the 1940s, emigrated to England in 1953, then returned to Australia in…gallic acid
(Encyclopedia) gallic acid or 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acidgallic acidtrīˌhīdrŏkˈsēbĕnzōˈĭk [key], C6H2(OH)3CO2H, colorless crystalline organic acid found in gallnuts, sumach, tea leaves, oak bark,…Hepplewhite, George
(Encyclopedia) Hepplewhite, GeorgeHepplewhite, Georgehĕpˈəlhwīt [key], d. 1786, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer. His style is characterized by light, curvilinear forms, painted or inlaid…Dodoma
(Encyclopedia) Dodoma Dodoma dōˈdəmä [key], municipality (2021 pop. 292,637), capital of Tanzania, central…Kollam
(Encyclopedia) KollamKollamkŏlˈəm [key], formerly QuilonQuilonkwēˈlôn [key], city (1991 pop. 362,572), Kerala state, SW India, on the Arabian Sea. It is a market for coconut products, spices, tea,…Kellogg, John Harvey
(Encyclopedia) Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852–1943, American physician, health-food advocate, and breakfast cereal developer, b. Tyrone, N.Y., grad. New York Univ. (M.D., 1875) and continued his medical…Trending
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