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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissaugĭnˈē- [key]Guinea-Bissaubĭsˌsouˈ [key], officially Republic of Guinea-Bissau, republic (2015 est. pop. 1,771,000), 13,948 sq mi (36,125 sq km), W…Considérant, Victor Prosper
(Encyclopedia) Considérant, Victor ProsperConsidérant, Victor Prospervēktôrˈ prōspârˈ kôNsēdāräNˈ [key], 1808–93, French socialist; follower of Charles Fourier. In 1837, at the death of Fourier, he…Francis Ferdinand
(Encyclopedia) Francis Ferdinand, 1863–1914, Austrian archduke, heir apparent (after 1889) of his uncle, Emperor Francis Joseph. In 1900 he married a Czech, Sophie Chotek. She was made duchess of…Gyanendra
(Encyclopedia) GyanendraGyanendragyänĕnˈdrə [key], 1947–, last king of Nepal (2001–8). Second son of King Mahendra (r. 1955–72) and brother of King Birendra (r. 1972–2001), Gyanendra was a…Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood
(Encyclopedia) Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 1816–95, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (1869–70), b. Concord, Mass. While serving (1846) in the Massachusetts senate, he declared that he would rather…Jackson, Ketanji Onyika Brown
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Ketanji Onyika Brown, American lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court Justice, b. Washington, D.C., 1970; grad. Harvard-Radcliff…Lucknow
(Encyclopedia) Lucknow or LakhnauLakhnauboth: lŭkˈnou [key], city (1991 pop. 1,669,204), capital of Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Gomati River. An educational and cultural center, it…Little Bighorn
(Encyclopedia) Little Bighorn, river, c.90 mi (145 km) long, rising in the Bighorn Mts., N Wyo., and flowing north to join the Bighorn River in S Mont. On June 25–26, 1876, Sioux and Cheyenne…Algerine War
(Encyclopedia) Algerine WarAlgerine Warălˈjərēnˌ [key], early 19th-century conflict between Algiers and the United States. The Tripolitan War (1801–5) had brought a temporary halt to the pirate…Davis, Charles Henry
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Charles Henry, 1807–77, American naval officer and scientist, b. Boston. Appointed a midshipman in 1823, Davis directed operations of the Coast Survey for a time along the New…Trending
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