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Pazardzhik
(Encyclopedia) PazardzhikPazardzhikpäzärjĭkˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 82,904), S central Bulgaria, on the Maritsa River. A commercial center, its chief industries are textiles and food processing.…Giusti, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia) Giusti, GiuseppeGiusti, Giuseppej&oomacr;zĕpˈpā j&oomacr;sˈtē [key], 1809–50, Italian satirical poet. He directed his original and ironic polemics against Austrian rule and…Veles
(Encyclopedia) VelesVelesvĕlˈĕs [key], town (1994 pop. 56,751), North Macedonia, on the Vardar River. It is a road and rail junction and the market center for a fruit- and vegetable-producing region…Asenovgrad
(Encyclopedia) Asenovgrad Asenovgrad äsānôvˈgrät [key], city, S central Bulgaria. It is a commercial center, with wineries and tobacco manufactures. An ancient Bulgarian…Czuczor, Gergely
(Encyclopedia) Czuczor, GergelyCzuczor, Gergelygĕrˈgĕlĭ ts&oobreve;ˈtsôr [key], 1800–1866, Hungarian philologist and poet, a Benedictine monk. With John Fogarasi he compiled a Hungarian…Vratsa
(Encyclopedia) VratsaVratsavräˈtsä [key], city (1993 pop. 76,947), NW Bulgaria, in the picturesque foothills of the Balkan Mts. It is a commercial and crafts center and a railway junction. Vratsa has…Slavonia
(Encyclopedia) SlavoniaSlavoniasləvōˈnēə [key], Croatian Slavonija, historic region, part of Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the Drava River in the…republic
(Encyclopedia) republic [Lat. res publica,=public affair], today understood to be a sovereign state ruled by representatives of a widely inclusive electorate. The term republic formerly denoted a…search warrant
(Encyclopedia) search warrant, in law, written order by an official of a court authorizing an officer to search in a specified place for specified objects and to seize them if found. The objects…Cantacuzene
(Encyclopedia) CantacuzeneCantacuzenekănˌtəky&oomacr;zēnˈ [key] or CantacuzinoCantacuzinokänˈtäk&oomacr;zēˈnô [key], noble Romanian family of Greek origin, tracing its descent from the…Trending
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