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Canopus, city, ancient Egypt
(Encyclopedia) CanopusCanopuskənōˈpəs [key], ancient city of N Egypt, 12 mi (19 km) E of Alexandria. Canopus, the pilot of Menelaus' ship, was said to have died there. In Hellenistic times Canopus…Ward, Barbara Mary, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
(Encyclopedia) Ward, Barbara Mary, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, 1914–81, British writer. Educated at the Sorbonne and at Oxford, she joined the staff of the Economist in 1939 and became foreign…Thiruvananthapuram
(Encyclopedia) ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuramtĭrˌ&oomacr;vənŭnˌtəp&oobreve;rˈəm [key], formerly TrivandrumThiruvananthapuramtrĭvănˈdrəm [key], city (1991 pop. 826,255), capital and…Ts'ao Hsüeh-ch'in
(Encyclopedia) Ts'ao Hsüeh-ch'inTs'ao Hsüeh-ch'intsouˈ shyĕˈchĭnˈ [key], 1715–63, Chinese novelist. He is the author of Story of the Stone (or A Dream of Red Mansions), which is considered China's…Beskids
(Encyclopedia) BeskidsBeskidsbĕsˈkĭdz [key], Czech and Slovak Beskydy, Pol. BeskidyBeskidsbĕskēˈdē [key], mountain range of the Carpathians, extending c.200 mi (320 km) along Poland's border with the…Xining
(Encyclopedia) Xining or SiningXiningboth: shēˈnĭngˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 569,800), capital of Qinghai prov., W China, on the Xining River. For centuries it has been the major commercial hub…Williams, C. K.
(Encyclopedia) Williams, C. K. (Charles Kenneth Williams), 1936–2015, American poet, b. Newark, N.J., grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1959. He wrote more than 20 books of poetry, rich in detail, with…Swansea, city and county, Wales
(Encyclopedia) SwanseaSwanseaswŏnˈzē, –sē [key], Welsh Abertawe, city (1981 pop. 172,433) and county, 146 sq mi (378 sq km), S Wales. Located on Swansea Bay at the mouth of the Tawe River, the city…Sergiyev Posad
(Encyclopedia) Sergiyev PosadSergiyev Posadsyĕrˈgēyĭf pōsädˈ [key], formerly ZagorskSergiyev Posadzəgôrskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 115,000), central European Russia. It is a rail terminus and a…Bardstown
(Encyclopedia) Bardstown, city (2020 pop. 13,567), seat of Nelson co., central Ky., SE of Louisville, in a rich farm area; settled 1775, inc. 1788. The…Trending
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