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Harthacanute

(Encyclopedia)Harthacanute both: härˈdĭkəno͞ot [key], d. 1042, king of Denmark (1035–42) and of the English (1040–42); son of Canute and Emma. On his father's death (1035) he succeeded to the throne of Den...

Haute-Garonne

(Encyclopedia)Haute-Garonne ōt-gärônˈ [key], department, S France, in Languedoc, bordering Spain. Toulouse is the capital. ...

Haute-Loire

(Encyclopedia)Haute-Loire ōt-lwär [key], department, S central France, largely in the Massif Central. Le ...

Haute-Marne

(Encyclopedia)Haute-Marne ōt-märn [key], department, NE France, largely in Champagne. Chaumont is the capital. ...

Haute-Saône

(Encyclopedia)Haute-Saône ōt-sōn [key], department, E France, in Franche-Comté. It is mainly agricultur...

Haute-Savoie

(Encyclopedia)Haute-Savoie ōt-sävwäˈ [key] department, E France, in the northern part of the old duchy of ...

Haute-Vienne

(Encyclopedia)Haute-Vienne ōt-vyĕn [key], department, central France, in the Massif Central. Limoges is the capital. ...

Haute-Volta

(Encyclopedia)Haute-Volta: see Burkina Faso.

jute

(Encyclopedia)jute jo͞ot [key], name for any plant of the genus Corchorus, tropical annuals of the family Tiliaceae (linden family), and for its fiber. Many species yield fiber, but the chief sources of commercial...

Karik**oacute**, Katalin

(Encyclopedia)Karikó, Katalin, Jan., 1955–, b. Szolnok, Hungary, Hungarian-American biochemist, studied at József Attila Univ., Szeged, ...