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Kota Baru

(Encyclopedia)Kota Baru bəhärˈo͞o [key], city (1990 est. pop. 215,000), capital of Kelantan state, Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the South China Sea at the mouth of the Kelantan River. It has an importa...

Nabuco, Joaquim

(Encyclopedia)Nabuco, Joaquim zhwäkēmˈ nəbo͞oˈ ko͝o [key], 1849–1910, Brazilian writer, abolitionist, and diplomat. A parliamentary deputy in imperial times, he was perhaps the strongest single force in br...

Hamaguchi, Osachi

(Encyclopedia)Hamaguchi, Osachi or Yuko ōˈsächē hämägo͞oˈchē, yo͞oˈkō [key], 1870–1931, Japanese statesman. He was finance minister (1924–26) and home minister (1926–27) before becoming (1927) pre...

Gundulić, Ivan

(Encyclopedia)Gundulić, Ivan jōvänˈnē gōndəˈlä [key], 1588–1638, Croatian poet. Born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) of an aristocratic Dalmatian family, he became chief magistrate of Ragusa. In his early work he ...

Geshur

(Encyclopedia)Geshur gĕshˈyo͞orī, gĕshyo͞oˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Small Aramaic kingdom that remained in the territory allotted to Manasseh. It occupied barren land NE of the Sea of Galilee. After the di...

Ghor

(Encyclopedia)Ghor, Ghowr go͝or [key], mountainous region and province (1979 est. pop. 341,000), 14,085 sq mi (36,479 sq km), W central Afghanistan, including a ruined medieval city of the same name. Chagcharan i...

Fushun

(Encyclopedia)Fushun fo͞oˈsho͞onˈ [key], city, NE Liaoning prov., China, in a highly industrialized area. It ...

Gatún Lake

(Encyclopedia)Gatún Lake gäto͞onˈ [key], artificial lake, 163 sq mi (422 sq km), Colón Prov., Panama, formed by the impounding of the Chagres River. Gatún Dam (completed 1912), 11⁄2 mi (2.4 km) long and 115...

Ibarbourou, Juana de

(Encyclopedia)Ibarbourou, Juana de hwäˈnä dā ēbärbo͞oˈro͞o [key], 1895–1979, Uruguayan p...

Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron lo͞otˈvĭkh ouˈgo͞ost bärōnˈ dēˈskou [key], 1701–67, French general in the French and Indian Wars. In 1755 he was sent to take command of French troops in Amer...