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modern architecture

(Encyclopedia)modern architecture, new architectural style that emerged in many Western countries in the decade after World War I. It was based on the “rational” use of modern materials, the principles of funct...

Cyprus

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Cyprus sīˈprəs , Gr. Kypros, Turk. Kıbrıs, officially Republic of Cyprus, ...

El Salvador

(Encyclopedia)CE5 El Salvador ĕl sälväᵺōrˈ , officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2021 est. pop. ...

Honduras

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Honduras hŏnd&oobreve;rˈəs, –dy&oobreve;rˈ–; Span., ōnd&oomacr;ˈräs, officially Republic of Honduras, republic (2015 est. pop. 8,961,000), 43,277 sq mi (112,088 sq km), C...

German literature

(Encyclopedia)German literature, works in the German language by German, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, and Swiss authors, as well as by writers of German in other countries. The postwar decades saw a gradual litera...

Wilson, Woodrow

(Encyclopedia)Wilson, Woodrow (Thomas Woodrow Wilson), 1856–1924, 28th President of the United States (1913–21), b. Staunton, Va. Wilson's writings on history and jurisprudence include Division and Reunion, 1...

Paraguay, country, South America

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Paraguay pârˈəgwā, –gwī, Span. pärägwīˈ, officially Republic of Paraguay, republic (2015 est. pop. 6,639,000), 157,047 sq mi (406,752 sq km), S central South America. Paraguay is enc...

Uruguay , country, South America

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Uruguay y&oobreve;ˈrəgwā, gwī, Span. &oomacr;r&oomacr;gwiˈ, &oomacr;r&oomacr;wīˈ, officially Oriental Republic of Uruguay, republic (2015 est. pop. 3,432,000), 68,536...

Prussia

(Encyclopedia)Prussia prŭshˈə, Ger. Preussen, former state, the largest and most important of the German states. Berlin was the capital. The chief member of the German Empire (1871–1918) and a state of the Wei...

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