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Magna Graecia

(Encyclopedia) Magna GraeciaMagna Graeciamăgˈnə grēˈshə [key] [Lat.,=great Greece], Greek colonies of S Italy. The Greek overseas expansion of the 8th cent. b.c. founded a number of towns that became…

Chuvash Republic

(Encyclopedia) Chuvash Republic Chuvash Republic ch&oomacr;väshˈ [key] or Chuvashia, constituent republic, 7,066…

Dzungaria

(Encyclopedia) DzungariaDzungariaz&oobreve;n-gârˈēə [key] or JunggarDzungariaj&oobreve;ngˈgärˈ [key], physical region (c.300,000 sq mi/777,000 sq km) of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW…

Khalkidhikí

(Encyclopedia) KhalkidhikíKhalkidhikíkhälkēᵺēkēˈ [key] or ChalcidiceChalcidicekălsĭdˈĭsē [key], peninsula (1991 pop. 92,117), NE Greece, projecting into the Aegean Sea from SE Macedonia. Its southern…

Jutland

(Encyclopedia) JutlandJutlandjŭtˈlənd [key], Dan. Jylland, Ger. Jütland, peninsula, c.250 mi (400 km) long and up to 110 mi (177 km) wide, N Europe, comprising continental Denmark and N Schleswig-…

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

(Encyclopedia) Ningxia Hui Autonomous RegionNingxia Hui Autonomous Regionnĭngˈshyäˈ hwē [key], autonomous region (2010 pop. 6,301,350), c.25,600 sq mi (66,321 sq km), N China. The capital is Yinchuan…

Nizhny Novgorod

(Encyclopedia) Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorodnyēshˈnyī nôfˈgərəd [key], formerly Gorky or Gorki, city (1989 pop. 1,438,000), capital of Nizhny Novgorod region and the administrative center of the…

Ypres

(Encyclopedia) YpresYpresēˈprə [key], Du. Ieper, commune (1991 pop. 35,235), West Flanders prov., SW Belgium, near the French border. It is an agricultural market and an industrial center.…

Yukon, river, Canada and the United States

(Encyclopedia) YukonYukony&oomacr;ˈkŏn [key], river, c.2,000 mi (3,220 km) long, rising in Atlin Lake, NW British Columbia, Canada, and receiving numerous headwater streams; one of the longest…

Velázquez, Diego de

(Encyclopedia) Velázquez, Diego deVelázquez, Diego devəlăsˈkwĭz, Span. dyāˈgō dā vāläthˈkāth [key], c.1460–1524?, Spanish conquistador, first governor of Cuba, b. Cuéllar, Spain. He sailed with…