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(Encyclopedia) IstriaIstriaĭsˈtrēə [key], Croatian Istra, mountainous peninsula c.1,500 sq mi (3,900 sq km), in Slovenia and Croatia, projecting into the N Adriatic between the gulfs of Trieste and…Manchu
(Encyclopedia) ManchuManchumănˈch&oomacr; [key], people who lived in Manchuria for many centuries and who ruled China from 1644 until 1912. These people, related to the Tungus, were descended…Edirne
(Encyclopedia) Edirne Edirne ĕdērˈnĕ [key], formerly Adrianople Edirne…Klamath, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) KlamathKlamathklămˈəth [key], Native North Americans who in the 19th cent. lived in SW Oregon. They speak a language of the Sahaptin-Chinook branch of the Penutian linguistic stock (…Joseph, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) Joseph, one of the heroes of the patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis. He is presented as the favored son of Jacob and Rachel, sold as a boy into slavery by his brothers, who…Jimson weed
(Encyclopedia) Jimson weed or Jamestown weed, large, coarse annual plant (Datura stramonium) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), native to warm-temperate and tropical regions of the New…Yung-lo
(Encyclopedia) Yung-loYung-loy&oomacr;ng-lô [key], 1359–1424, reign title of the 3d emperor (1403–24) of the Chinese Ming dynasty, whose personal name was Chu Ti. He rose to power in N China…Yurok
(Encyclopedia) YurokYuroky&oobreve;rˈŏk [key], Native North Americans who in the mid-19th cent. occupied parts of NW California, particularly the area around the Klamath River. They were of the…Carver, Jonathan
(Encyclopedia) Carver, Jonathan, 1710–80, American explorer, b. Weymouth, Mass. He served in the French and Indian War and in 1766 was hired by Robert Rogers to undertake a journey to some of the…Wappinger
(Encyclopedia) WappingerWappingerwŏpˈĭnjər [key], confederation of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the…Trending
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