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Knights of the White Camellia

(Encyclopedia)Knights of the White Camellia: see Ku Klux Klan. ...

Coral Sea, battle of the

(Encyclopedia)Coral Sea, battle of the: see under Coral Sea. ...

Brotherhood of the New Life

(Encyclopedia)Brotherhood of the New Life: see Harris, Thomas Lake. ...

Philip, chief of the Wampanoags

(Encyclopedia)Philip (King Philip), chief of the Wampanoags: see King Philip's War. ...

Pool Malebo

(Encyclopedia)Pool Malebo, lakelike expansion of the Congo River, c.320 sq mi (830 sq km), along the Congo (Kinshasa)–Congo (Brazzaville) border, W central Africa, c.350 mi (560 km) from the Congo's mouth. It is ...

Ireland, Church of

(Encyclopedia)Ireland, Church of, Anglican church of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. As a separate body the church goes back to the Reformation when the Irish church was officially reformed along...

Boma

(Encyclopedia)Boma bōˈmə [key], city (1984 pop. 197,617), Kongo Central prov., W Congo (Kinshasa), on the Congo River estuary. A port and railhead, it exports tropical timber, bananas, cacao, and palm products. ...

Signs of the Zodiac (table)

(Encyclopedia)Signs of the Zodiac

Uganda

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Uganda yo͞ogänˈdə, o͞ogänˈdä [key], officially Republic of Uganda, republic (2015 est. pop. 37,102,000), 91,133 sq mi (236,036 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Tanzania and Rwand...

Bukhara, emirate of

(Encyclopedia)Bukhara, emirate of, former state, central Asia, in Turkistan, in the Amu Darya River basin. Part of ancient Sogdiana, it was ruled (a.d. 709–874) by the Umayyad Arabs and played an important role u...