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Bakhtiari
(Encyclopedia) BakhtiariBakhtiaribäkhˌtēäˈrē, –ärēˈ, băkhˌ– [key], tribal group, numbering around 850,000, living in SW Iran, in a mountainous region (c.25,000 sq mi/64,750 sq km) in Khuzestan and…Norse
(Encyclopedia) Norse, another name for the North Germanic, or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). The modern Norse…Pontiac, Ottawa chief
(Encyclopedia) Pontiac, fl. 1760–66, Ottawa chief. He may have been the chief met by Robert Rogers in 1760 when Rogers was on his way to take possession of the Western forts for the English. Although…Pennacook
(Encyclopedia) PennacookPennacookpĕnˈək&oobreve;k [key], group of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages).…Shapur II
(Encyclopedia) Shapur II or Sapor II, 310–79, king of Persia (310–79), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty. He was the posthumous son of Hormuz II and therefore was born king. His long reign was…Oleg
(Encyclopedia) OlegOlegōˈleg, Rus. ôlĕkˈ [key] or OlehOlehôlĕkhˈ [key], d. c.912, founder of Kievan Rus. Succeeding his kinsman Rurik as leader of the Varangians at Novgorod, Oleg led forth his…Israel, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) IsraelIsraelĭzˈrēəl, ĭzˈrāəl [key] [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, the…Baluchistan
(Encyclopedia) BaluchistanBaluchistanbəl&oomacr;ˈchĭstăn [key] or BalochistanBalochistanbəlôˈ– [key], province (2017 provisional pop. 12,344,408), c.134,000 sq mi (347,000 sq km), Pakistan. The…Chinook, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) ChinookChinookshĭn&oobreve;kˈ, chĭ– [key], Native American tribe of the Penutian linguistic stock. Altogether twelve main tribes spoke Chinook languages; all were in the Columbia…Gullah
(Encyclopedia) GullahGullahgŭlˈə [key], a creole language formerly spoken by the Gullah, an African-American community of the Sea Islands and the Middle Atlantic coast of the United States. The word…Trending
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