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Leyte

(Encyclopedia) LeyteLeytelāˈtē, –tā [key], island (1990 pop. 1,689,756), 2,785 sq mi (7,213 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, the Philippines, between Luzon and Mindanao. A fertile agricultural…

Grosz, George

(Encyclopedia) Grosz, GeorgeGrosz, Georgegrōs [key], 1893–1959, German-American caricaturist, draughtsman, and painter, b. Berlin. Before and during World War I he contributed drawings on proletarian…

Gorizia

(Encyclopedia) Gorizia Gorizia gōrēˈtsēä [key], Ger. Görz (gûrts), city, capital of Gorizia…

Giovanni di Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Giovanni di PaoloGiovanni di Paolojōvänˈnē dē päˈōlō [key], c.1403–1483, major Italian painter of the Sienese school. Typical of the Sienese painters of his era, he paid scant…

Hue

(Encyclopedia) HueHuehwā [key], city (1989 pop. 260,489), former capital of the historic region of Annam, Vietnam, in a rich farming area on the Hue River near the South China Sea. Probably founded…