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Guillaume de Machaut

(Encyclopedia)Guillaume de Machaut: see Machaut, Guillaume de. ...

Hadhramaut

(Encyclopedia)Hadhramaut or Hadramaut both: hädrəmoutˈ, –môtˈ [key], region, S Arabia, on the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, occupying the southeastern part of Yemen. Historically, the name refers to the ...

Hadramaut

(Encyclopedia)Hadramaut: see Hadhramaut.

Hainaut

(Encyclopedia)Hainaut ĕnōˈ [key], Du. Henegouwen, province, 1,437 sq mi (3,722 sq km), S Belgium, border...

halibut

(Encyclopedia)halibut: see flatfish.

Hamsun, Knut

(Encyclopedia)Hamsun, Knut kəno͞otˈ hämˈso͝on [key], 1859–1952, Norwegian author, a pioneer in the development of the modern novel. Virtually without formal education, in his youth he led a wandering life, ...

Hatshepsut

(Encyclopedia)Hatshepsut hätshĕpˈso͝ot [key], d. 1458 b.c., ruler of ancient Egypt, of the XVIII dynasty; eldest daughter of Thutmose I. She managed to rule Egypt by relegating her husband (and younger half-bro...

Haut-Rhin

(Encyclopedia)Haut-Rhin ō-răN [key], department, E France, in lower Alsace. Its capital is Colmar. ...

Haut-Zaïre

(Encyclopedia)Haut-Zaïre, region, Zaïre: see Orientale. ...

Heiligenblut

(Encyclopedia)Heiligenblut hīˌlĭgənblo͞otˈ [key] [Ger.,=holy blood], village, Carinthia prov., SW Austria, at the foot of the Grossglockner. It is a winter sports and mountain-climbing center. Heiligenblut is...