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Egersund

(Encyclopedia)Egersund āˈgərso͝on [key], town, Rogaland co., S Norway, a modern fishing port on the North ...

Kapilavastu

(Encyclopedia)Kapilavastu käˌpĭləväˈsto͞o [key], ancient town, S Nepal. According to legend, the Buddha, whose father ruled the state of Kapilavastu, was born nearby and passed his early years there. ...

Silas

(Encyclopedia)Silas sīˈləs [key], in the Acts of the Apostles, early Christian leader and companion of Paul on two missionary journeys. Probably he is the Silvanus mentioned frequently in the Letters. ...

Chablis

(Encyclopedia)Chablis shäblēˈ [key], village, Yonne dept., central France, in Burgundy. It is famous for ...

Liu Shaoqi

(Encyclopedia)Liu Shaoqi or Liu Shao-ch'i both: lyo͞o shou-chē [key], 1898?–1969, Chinese Communist political leader. Liu joined (1920) a Comintern organization in Shanghai, where he studied Russian. While in M...

acculturation

(Encyclopedia)acculturation, culture changes resulting from contact among various societies over time. Contact may have distinct results, such as the borrowing of certain traits by one culture from another, or the ...

rejería

(Encyclopedia)rejería rāhārēˈä [key], the art of making iron screens and grilles, developed in Spain from the Romanesque period through the Renaissance. It employs chiseled and hammered metal as well as wroug...

roe deer

(Encyclopedia)roe deer, small, short-horned deer, Capreolus capreolus, of Britain and Europe and as far east as China and Siberia. Its coat is golden red in summer, darkening to brown or even black in winter, with ...

Schenectady

(Encyclopedia)Schenectady skənĕkˈtədē [key], city (1990 pop. 65,566), seat of Schenectady co., E central N.Y., on the Mohawk River and Erie Canal; founded 1661 by Arent Van Curler, inc. 1798. The General Elect...

score

(Encyclopedia)score, in musical notation, manuscript or printed music in which the various parts are placed one above the other so that notes that are to be played simultaneously are in vertical alignment. Early po...