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Aa, in European place names
(Encyclopedia)Aa ä [key] [from a word for “water” of the same Indo-European root as Lat. aqua], name of many small streams of N Europe and Switzerland. Aa, or a derivative of it, is a component part of hundred...Jørgensen, Anker Henrik
(Encyclopedia)Jørgensen, Anker Henrik, 1922–2016, Danish political leader, prime minister of Denmark (1972–73, 1975–82), b. Copenhagen. A trade union leader and a member of the Social Democratic party (SDP),...European Southern Observatory
(Encyclopedia)European Southern Observatory (ESO), an intergovernmental organization for astronomical research with headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany. The ESO began in 1962 as a consortium among Belgiu...European Organization for Nuclear Research
(Encyclopedia)European Organization for Nuclear Research: see CERN. ...European Court of Human Rights
(Encyclopedia)European Court of Human Rights: see Council of Europe. ...Eastern European Mutual Assistance Treaty
(Encyclopedia)Eastern European Mutual Assistance Treaty: see Warsaw Treaty Organization. ...European Space Research and Technology Center
(Encyclopedia)European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC): see European Space Agency. ...Madrid, autonomous community and province, Spain
(Encyclopedia)Madrid mədrĭdˈ, Span. mäᵺhrēᵺˈ [key], autonomous community and coextensive prov., (2011 pop. 6,421,874), 3,099 sq mi (8,027 sq km), central Spain. Madrid, the capital of Spain, is also its c...Murcia, autonomous community and former kingdom, Spain
(Encyclopedia)Murcia Span. mo͞orˈthyä [key], autonomous community and former Moorish kingdom (2011 pop. 1,462,128), 4,368 sq mi (11,314 sq km), SE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the province of Murc...European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(Encyclopedia)European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), international financial institution that invests primarily in the private sector to promote entrepreneurship and foster the development of demo...Browse by Subject
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