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Malindi

(Encyclopedia)Malindi mälĭnˈdē [key], town, SE Kenya, on the Indian Ocean. It is a beach resort and a commercial center. Probably founded in the 10th cent. by Arab traders, Malindi became an important city-stat...

Ghaziabad

(Encyclopedia)Ghaziabad gäˈzēäbädˌ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. Ghaziabad is an ...

Erté

(Encyclopedia)Erté ĕrtāˈ [key], 1892–1990, French designer and illustrator, b. St. Petersburg as Romain de Tirtoff. He moved to France and worked for a time sketching for Paul Poiret and designing opera and t...

Ara

(Encyclopedia)Ara or Arrah both: ŭˈrə [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a district that produc...

curry

(Encyclopedia)curry [Malayalam], condiment much used in India and elsewhere in Asia and the Middle East, in combination with rice, meat, and a variety of other dishes. It is compounded of such spices as turmeric, f...

chintz

(Encyclopedia)chintz chĭnts [key] [probably Hindustani,=variegated], originally a painted or stained calico from India. Esteemed for its bright colors and designs, it was used in Europe for bedcovers and draperies...

Bache, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Bache, Richard, 1737–1811, American merchant, b. Yorkshire, England. He came to New York City in 1765 to join an older brother in the mercantile business. Bache soon moved to Philadelphia in the int...

Portuguese India

(Encyclopedia)Portuguese India, the former Portuguese possessions on the Indian subcontinent. It comprised Dadra and Nagar Haveli, located inland, and the coastal colonies of Goa and Daman and Diu (with the capital...

Titusville

(Encyclopedia)Titusville tīˈtəsvĭl [key], city (1990 pop. 39,394), seat of Brevard co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon); inc. 1886. It is a growing, regional trade center. The construction in the 1950s of th...

Ramanujan, Srinivasa

(Encyclopedia)Ramanujan, Srinivasa shrēˌnĭväˈsə rämäˈno͝ojən [key], 1889–1920, Indian mathematician. He was a self-taught genius in pure mathematics who made original contributions to function theory, ...