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Ancestry of U.S. Population by Rank (2023 Update)

Top of Page Genealogy is the study and investigation of family histories and lineages. By exploring various resources such as DNA testing, census records, immigration records, and family history…

Galatians

(Encyclopedia) GalatiansGalatiansgəlāˈshənz [key], letter of the New Testament. It is ascribed to St. Paul and addressed to ethnic Gauls living in central Asia Minor, or to inhabitants of the Roman…

hairdressing

(Encyclopedia) hairdressing, arranging of the hair for decorative, ceremonial, or symbolic reasons. Primitive men plastered their hair with clay and tied trophies and badges into it to represent…

Ashanti

(Encyclopedia) AshantiAshantiäshänˈtē [key] or AsanteAsanteäsänˈtē [key], historic and modern administrative region, central Ghana, W Africa. The region is the source of much of Ghana's cocoa. It is…

Kashi

(Encyclopedia) KashiKashikäˈshēˈ [key] or KashgarKashgarkäshˈgär [key], city (1994 est. pop. 190,500), SW Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the Kaxgar (Kashgar) River (a tributary of the…

folk dance

(Encyclopedia) folk dance, primitive, tribal, or ethnic form of the dance, sometimes the survival of some ancient ceremony or festival. The term is used also to include characteristic national dances…

Moros

(Encyclopedia) MorosMorosmōrˈōz [key] [Span.,=Moors], group of Muslim natives, numbering about 3.8 million, of Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago, and Palawan in the Philippines and of Borneo, who were…

Sarawak

(Encyclopedia) SarawakSarawaksəräˈwäk [key], state (1991 pop. 1,648,217), 48,342 sq mi (125,206 sq km), Malaysia, in NW Borneo and on the South China Sea. It is bordered on the NE by the states of…