(Encyclopedia) SconeSconesk&oomacr;n [key], village, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. Old Scone, west of the modern village of New Scone, was the repository of the Coronation Stone (see under…
(Encyclopedia) Decorated style, name applied to the second period of English Gothic architecture from the late 13th to the mid-14th cent. The basic structural elements developed during the Early…
(Encyclopedia) Dargomijsky, Aleksandr SergeyevichDargomijsky, Aleksandr Sergeyevichəlyĭksänˈdər syĭrgāˈəvĭch därgōmēˈskī [key], 1813–69, Russian composer. He and Glinka brought nationalism to Russian…
(Encyclopedia) PorbandarPorbandarpōrˈbəndər [key], town (1991 pop. 116,546), Gujurat state, W central India, on the Arabian Sea. Porbandar trades with Persian Gulf and East African ports, has airline…
(Encyclopedia) Port Saint LuciePort Saint Luciel&oomacr;ˈsē [key], city (1990 pop. 55,866), St. Lucie co., central E Fla., on the St. Lucie River; inc. 1961. Fabricated metal products, trailers,…
(Encyclopedia) JahazJahazjāˈhəz [key], Jahaza,&sp;JahazahJahazahboth: jāhāˈzə [key], or JahzahJahzahjäˈzə [key], in the Bible, unidentified town, E of the Dead Sea. Israel's defeat there of the…
(Encyclopedia) Kingston upon Thames, outer borough (1991 pop. 130,300) of Greater London, SE England. Mainly residential, it has light engineering works and manufactures electronic equipment. It also…
(Encyclopedia) Plain of Jars, region, N Laos, at the northern end of the Annamese Cordillera. Over 300 carved stone jars, c.1,500 to 2,000 years old, are scattered across its landscape. Averaging 272…
(Encyclopedia) Weymouth and Melcombe RegisWeymouth and Melcombe Regiswāˈməth, mĕlˈkəm rēˈjĭs [key], town (1991 pop. 38,384), Dorset, SW England, on Weymouth Bay. It is a port and a resort town with…
