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Through the Years: NHL City and Nickname Changes

1919—Toronto Arenas renamed St. Pats; 1920—Quebec Bulldogs move to Hamilton and becomes Tigers (will fold in 1925); 1926—Toronto St. Pats renamed Maple Leafs; 1929—Detroit Cougars renamed Falcons.…

John of Gaunt

(Encyclopedia) John of Gaunt [Mid. Eng. Gaunt=Ghent, his birthplace], 1340–99, duke of Lancaster; fourth son of Edward III of England. He married (1359) Blanche, heiress of Lancaster, and through her…

Shang

(Encyclopedia) ShangShangshäng [key] or Yin, dynasty of China, which ruled, according to traditional dates, from c.1766 b.c. to c.1122 b.c. or, according to some modern scholars, from c.1523 b.c. to…

dandelion

(Encyclopedia) dandelion [Eng. form of Fr.,=lion's tooth], any plant of the genus Taraxacum of the family Asteraceae (aster family), perennial herbs of wide distribution in temperate regions. The…

Rollo

(Encyclopedia) RolloRollorŏlˈō [key] or HrolfRollorŏlf [key], c.860–c.932, first duke of Normandy. As leader of the Norman pirates settled at the mouth of the Seine, he attacked (910) Paris and…