(Encyclopedia) Pôrto AlegrePôrto Alegrepōrˈt&oobreve; əlĕˈgrə [key], city (1991 pop. 1,263,403), capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil, on the Guaíba River. One of the chief industrial…
(Encyclopedia) Pachuca de SotoPachuca de Sotopäch&oomacr;ˈkä ᵺā sōˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 174,013), capital of Hidalgo state, central Mexico, at the head of a ravine surrounded by foothills of…
(Encyclopedia) Paracel IslandsParacel Islandspäräsĕlˈ [key], Chin. Xisha, group of low coral islands and reefs in the South China Sea, c.175 mi (280 km) SE of Hainan island. They are rich in guano…
(Encyclopedia) Fleming, Renée, 1959–, American soprano, b. Indiana, Pa. In 1986 she made her professional debut in Salzburg, Austria, in Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, and has since performed…
(Encyclopedia) floodplain, level land along the course of a river formed by the deposition of sediment during periodic floods. Floodplains contain such features as levees, backswamps, delta plains,…
(Encyclopedia) Fujiwara TeikaFujiwara Teikaf&oomacr;ˈjēˈwäˈrä tāˈkä [key], 1162–1241, Japanese poet and literary theorist of the early medieval period. Son of the poet Shunzei, Teika ranks among…
(Encyclopedia) HuamboHuambowämˈbō [key], formerly Nova LisboaHuambonōˈvə lēzhvōˈə [key], city (1983 est. pop. 203,000), W central Angola. The chief town of inland Angola, Huambo stands on a high…
(Encyclopedia) Domenico VenezianoDomenico Venezianodōmāˈnēkō vānātsyäˈnō [key], c.1400–1461, Italian painter. His origin is unknown, although his name suggests that he came from Venice. His art, with…
(Encyclopedia) Gunnarsson, GunnarGunnarsson, Gunnargüˈnär güˈnärsôn [key], 1889–1975, Icelandic novelist. Gunnarsson lived abroad until 1939, when he returned to Iceland. Through his early works,…
