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Pa-li-ch'iao

(Encyclopedia) Pa-li-ch'iao: see Baliqiao, China.

Mongolian languages

(Encyclopedia) Mongolian languages, group of languages forming a subdivision of the Altaic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages). The Mongolian languages…

Hoxha, Enver

(Encyclopedia) Hoxha, EnverHoxha, Enverĕnˈvĕr hôˈjä [key], 1908–85, Albanian Communist leader and general. A founder (1941) of the Albanian Communist party (Albanian Labor party from 1948), Hoxha…

Hu Jintao

(Encyclopedia) Hu JintaoHu Jintaoh&oomacr;ˈ jĭnˈtouˈ [key], 1942–, Chinese political leader, b. Jixi, Anhui prov. A hydroelectric engineering graduate (1965) of Tsinghua Univ., he joined the…

Grand Canal

(Encyclopedia) Grand Canal, Chinese Da Yunhe [large transit river], longest in the world, extending c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) from Beijing to Hangzhou, E China, and forming an important north-south…

Koko Nor

(Encyclopedia) Koko Nor, salt lake, China: see Qinghai Hu.