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(Encyclopedia) Masinissa or MassinissaMassinissaboth: măsĭnĭsˈə [key], c.238–148 b.c., king of Numidia. He succeeded (c.207 b.c.) his father as king of E Numidia. Brought up in Carthage, he fought in…Mason, John, 1586–1635, founder of New Hampshire
(Encyclopedia) Mason, John, 1586–1635, founder of New Hampshire, b. England. After serving (1615–21) as governor of Newfoundland, he and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received (1622) a patent from the…Molay, Jacques de
(Encyclopedia) Molay, Jacques deMolay, Jacques dezhäk də môlāˈ [key], 1243?–1314, last grand master of the Knights Templars. He distinguished himself in defending Palestine against the Saracens.…Juan Fernández
(Encyclopedia) Juan FernándezJuan Fernándezhwän fārnänˈdās [key], group of small islands, S Pacific, c.400 mi (640 km) W of Valparaiso, Chile. They belong to Chile and are constitutionally a special…Karakorum, mountain range, Kashmir
(Encyclopedia) Karakorum or Karakoram, mountain range, extending c.300 mi (480 km), between the Indus and Yarkant rivers, N Kashmir, S central Asia; SE extension of the Hindu Kush. It covers disputed…Lewiston
(Encyclopedia) Lewiston. 1 City (1990 pop. 28,082), seat of Nez Perce co., NW Idaho, at the Wash. line and at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater rivers; founded 1861. It is the commercial and…Faisal I
(Encyclopedia) Faisal I or Faysal IFaisal Iboth: fīˈsəl [key], 1885–1933, king of Iraq (1921–33). The third son of Husayn ibn Ali, sherif of Mecca, he is also called Faisal ibn Husayn. Faisal was…Montagnais and Naskapi
(Encyclopedia) MontagnaisMontagnaismŏntənyāˈ [key] and NaskapiNaskapinăsˈkəpē [key], aboriginal peoples originally from Labrador, Canada. Because they both spoke almost identical Algonquian languages…Nikolić, Tomislav
(Encyclopedia) Nikolić, TomislavNikolić, Tomislavämˈēsläv nēˈkōlĭch [key], 1952–, Serbian political leader. A construction executive, he entered politics in the 1990s, becoming a member of the…Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, baron de
(Encyclopedia) Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, baron deCarondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, baron defränthēsˈkō l&oomacr;ēsˈ ĕktôrˈ bärōnˈ dā kärōndālĕtˈ [key], c.1748–1807, governor of…Trending
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