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Shymkent
(Encyclopedia)Shymkent chĭmkyĕntˈ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 404,000), S Kazakhstan, on the Turkistan-Siberia RR. It has large zinc and lead smelters and machine, chemical, and food-processing industries. Found...Barentsøya
(Encyclopedia)Barentsøya bârˈənts, bärˈ– [key], island of Svalbard, 513 sq mi (1,329 sq km), in Barents Sea between Spitsbergen and Edgeøya. The island rises to 1,302 ft (397 m). ...Caractacus
(Encyclopedia)Caractacus kərădˈək [key], fl. a.d. 50, British king; son of Cymbeline. After the Roman invasion of a.d. 43, he led British resistance until defeated in a.d. 50. He was captured and taken to Rome....Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de
(Encyclopedia)Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de də bälzäkˈ [key], 1597?–1654, French writer. His Lettres (1624, tr. 1634) and other writings were a great influence in reforming French prose. Their style was marked ...Piniós
(Encyclopedia)Piniós pĭnēˈəs [key], river, 134 mi (216 km) long, rising in the Pindus Mts., NW Greece, and flowing generally E past Tríkkala and Larissa and through the Vale of Tempe into the Aegean Sea. ...Bandar-e Imam Khomeini
(Encyclopedia)Bandar-e Imam Khomeini ēˈmäm khōˌmānēˈ [key], town, Khuzestan prov., SW Iran,...Pomponius Mela
(Encyclopedia)Pomponius Mela mēˈlə [key], fl. c.a.d. 50, Roman geographer, b. Spain. His De situ orbis, a description of the then known world, was published in Latin in 1471 and translated into English by Arthur...Baden, city, Austria
(Encyclopedia)Baden –bī-vēnˈ [key], city, Lower Austria province, E Austria, on the Schwechat River, n...Faiyum, El
(Encyclopedia)Faiyum, El fīyo͞omˈ [key], region, coextensive with El Faiyum governorate, N Egypt, W of the Nile River, a depression (entirely below sea level) in the Libyan (or Western) Desert. It is an irrigat...Bouillon, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Bouillon, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de dük də bo͞oyôNˈ [key], 1555–1623, marshal of France, diplomat, and Protestant leader. He served with Henry IV against the Cath...Browse by Subject
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