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Olympio, Sylvanus

(Encyclopedia)Olympio, Sylvanus sĭlvänˈəs ōlĭmpēˈə [key], 1902–63, African political leader, president of Togo from 1961 to 1963. He was active in trade before entering politics and helped bring about To...

Oriya

(Encyclopedia)Oriya ôdēˈə [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian. ...

Gaelic

(Encyclopedia)Gaelic gāˈlĭk [key], or Goidelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages; Irish language. ...

iodoform

(Encyclopedia)iodoform īōˈdəfôrmˌ [key], CHI3, yellow crystalline solid that has a penetrating odor. It melts at 119℃ and is insoluble in water but soluble in ether or ethanol. Iodoform was formerly used as...

Edgeøya

(Encyclopedia)Edgeøya ĕdˈyə-öyä [key] or Edge Island, island of the Svalbard group, 1,942 sq mi (5,030 sq km), Norway, in the Barents Sea, E of Spitsbergen. It rises to 2,349 ft (716 m). An ice field covers S...

Suzor-Côté, Marc Aurèle de Foy

(Encyclopedia)Suzor-Côté, Marc Aurèle de Foy märk ôrĕlˈ də fwä süzôrˈ-kōtāˈ [key], 1869–1937, Canadian painter and sculptor, b. Quebec prov. He studied in Paris in the 1890s, then returned to paint...

Calvert, Edward

(Encyclopedia)Calvert, Edward, 1799–1883, English painter and engraver. A great admirer of William Blake, Calvert, along with several of his contemporaries, formed a group around Blake called the Brotherhood of t...

Bengali

(Encyclopedia)Bengali bängˈlä [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ...

Carter, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia)Carter, Elizabeth, 1717–1806, English poet and translator. Under the pen name Eliza she contributed for years to the Gentleman's Magazine. One of the group of 18th-century women known as the bluesto...

Boisbrûlés

(Encyclopedia)Boisbrûlés bwäbrülāˈ [key] [Fr.,=burnt wood], name given the descendants of the fur traders and native peoples in W Canada, because of their dark complexion. The boisbrûlés, or brûlés, were ...