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Capua

(Encyclopedia) Capua Capua käˈpwä [key], town, Campania, S Italy, on the Volturno River. It is an…

Wigner, Eugene Paul

(Encyclopedia) Wigner, Eugene PaulWigner, Eugene Paulwĭgˈnər [key], 1902–95, American physicist, b. Hungary, grad. Technische Hochschule, Berlin, 1925. He was a professor at Princeton from 1930 to…

Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia) Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st duke ofBuckingham, George Villiers, 1st duke ofvĭlˈyərz, bŭkˈĭng-əm [key], 1592–1628, English courtier and royal favorite. He arrived (1614) at the…

Morelia

(Encyclopedia) MoreliaMoreliamōrāˈlyä [key], city (1990 pop. 489,756), capital of Michoacán state, W Mexico. It is the commercial and processing center of an irrigated agricultural and cattle-raising…

Michelozzo Michelozzi

(Encyclopedia) Michelozzo MichelozziMichelozzo Michelozzimēkālôtˈtsō mēkālôtˈtsē [key], 1396–1472, Italian sculptor, architect, goldsmith, and founder. He was long associated with Donatello and…

Medici, Gian Gastone de'

(Encyclopedia) Medici, Gian Gastone de'Medici, Gian Gastone de'jän gästôˈnā [key]Medici, Gian Gastone de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1671–1737, grand duke of Tuscany (1723–37); son and…

mandorla

(Encyclopedia) mandorlamandorlamänˈdôrlä [key], [Ital.,=almond], a medieval Christian artistic convention by which an oval or almond-shaped area or series of lines surrounds a deity, most commonly…

Lublin

(Encyclopedia) LublinLublinl&oomacr;ˈblēn [key], city (1994 est. pop. 352,100), capital of Lubelskie prov., SE Poland. It is a railway junction and industrial center. Manufactures include trucks…

Lugano

(Encyclopedia) LuganoLuganol&oomacr;gäˈnō [key], city (1990 est. pop. 26,100), Ticino canton, S Switzerland, near the Italian border. A commercial center in the Middle Ages, Lugano is a popular…