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Pareja, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)Pareja, Juan de hwän dā pärāˈhä [key], c.1610–70, Spanish religious and portrait painter, of Moorish origin. Pareja was the lifelong assistant of Velázquez, who painted his portrait (Metropol...

Guadix

(Encyclopedia)Guadix gwäᵺēshˈ [key], town, Granada prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. It is the center of a ...

Hailar

(Encyclopedia)Hailar hīˈlärˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 192,400), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region., China, on the Hailar (Argun) River. It is an agricultural production center on the Chinese Eastern RR. Form...

harelip

(Encyclopedia)harelip, congenital abnormality in which there is a cleft or split in the upper lip. There may be a single opening in the middle portion of the lip or an opening on each side. The condition frequently...

Khanaqin

(Encyclopedia)Khanaqin khänˈäkēn [key], town, NE Iraq, near the Iranian border, on a tributary of the Diyala. It is located in an oil-producing region and has an oil refinery. Khanaquin was severely affected by...

Sondrio

(Encyclopedia)Sondrio sōnˈdrēō [key], town (1991 pop. 22,097), capital of Sondrio prov., Lombardy, N Italy, on the Mallero River near its confluence with the Adda River. The chief town of the Valtellina, it is ...

period, in geologic time

(Encyclopedia)period, unit of time on the geologic timescale. Periods are shorter than an era and longer than an epoch. Periods are of variable length, generally lasting tens of millions of years, with characterist...

Zanjan

(Encyclopedia)Zanjan zänjänˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 254,100), capital of Zanjan prov., NW Iran, on the Zanjan River. It is the trade center for an agricultural region where grain is produced. Manufactures includ...

Vyazma

(Encyclopedia)Vyazma vyäzˈmə [key], city (1989 pop. 59,000), N central European Russia, on the Vyazma River, a tributary of the Dnieper. Founded in the 9th cent., Vyazma became an important trade and military ce...

Cannes

(Encyclopedia)Cannes kän [key], town, Alpes-Maritimes dept., SE France. An important and fashionable resor...