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Phnom Penh
(Encyclopedia) Phnom PenhPhnom Penhnŏm pĕn, pənŏmˈ [key] or Phnum PenhPhnum Penhpən&oobreve;mˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 527,000), capital of Cambodia, SW Cambodia, at the confluence of the…patroon
(Encyclopedia) patroonpatroonpətr&oomacr;nˈ [key] [Du.,=patron or employer], in American history, the name given to a Dutch landowner in New Netherland who exerted manorial rights in colonial…Húnaflói
(Encyclopedia) HúnaflóiHúnaflóih&oomacr;ˈnäflōˌē [key] or Huna BayHúnaflóih&oomacr;ˈnä [key], inlet of the Greenland Sea, c.60 mi (100 km) long and 30 mi (50 km) wide, NW Iceland, between the…Illecillewaet
(Encyclopedia) IllecillewaetIllecillewaetĭləsĭlˈəwĕt, –wāt [key], mountain stream, c.50 mi (80 km) long, rising in Illecillewaet glacier on the west slope of the Selkirk Mts., SE British Columbia,…McCarthy, Joseph Vincent
(Encyclopedia) McCarthy, Joseph Vincent, 1887–1978, American baseball manager, b. Philadelphia. A manager in the American Association and later (1926–30) in the National League, “Marse Joe,” as he…König Rother
(Encyclopedia) König RotherKönig Rotherkönˈĭk rōtˈər [key], earliest heroic minstrel epic from the precourtly period of Middle High German literature. Written in Bavaria in popular verse style by an…Labrouste, Henri
(Encyclopedia) Labrouste, HenriLabrouste, HenriäNrēˈ läbr&oomacr;stˈ [key], 1801–75, French architect. He was among the first to make effective architectural use of metal construction, as in his…Blanchard, Raoul
(Encyclopedia) Blanchard, Raoul, 1877–1965, French geographer. He wrote a monograph on Flanders (1906) that earned him the chair of geography at the Univ. of Grenoble, a position he held for 50 years…Thingvellir
(Encyclopedia) ThingvellirThingvellirthēngˈgvĕtˌlĭr [key], Icelandic Þingvellir, a wide lava plain, since 1928 a national park, the ancient place of assembly of the Icelandic Althing, which met there…Valerius Maximus
(Encyclopedia) Valerius MaximusValerius Maximusvəlērˈēəs măkˈsĭməs [key], c.20 b.c.–c.a.d. 50, Roman author. Little is known of his life. His Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX [nine books of…Trending
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