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Vitoria-Gasteiz

(Encyclopedia) Vitoria-GasteizVitoria-Gasteizvētōˌrēä-gästēˈēs [key], city (1990 est. pop. 209,506), capital of Araba/Álava prov. and administrative center of the Basque Country, N Spain. It is a…

Unruh, Fritz von

(Encyclopedia) Unruh, Fritz vonUnruh, Fritz vonfrĭts fən &oobreve;nˈr&oomacr; [key], 1885–1970, German dramatic poet. Son of a Prussian general, Unruh was an officer who became a pacifist…

Berezina

(Encyclopedia) BerezinaBerezinabyĕrāzēnäˈ [key], river, c.380 mi (610 km) long, rising in Belarus. It flows generally S past Borisov and Bobruysk into the Dnieper River. It is navigable for most of…

Villafranca di Verona

(Encyclopedia) Villafranca di VeronaVillafranca di Veronavēlˌläfrängˈkä dē vārôˈnä [key], town (1991 pop. 27,036), Venetia, NE Italy. In 1859, Napoleon III and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria met…

Carlotta

(Encyclopedia) Carlotta, Span. CarlotaCarlotta,kärlōˈtä [key], 1840–1927, empress of Mexico, daughter of Leopold I of Belgium, christened Marie Charlotte Amélie. She married (1857) Maximilian,…

Saint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy de

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy deSaint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy deärmäNˈ zhäk lərwäˈ də săNtärnōˈ [key], 1798?–1854, marshal of France. After serving in the French Foreign…

Barthélemy, Auguste Marseille

(Encyclopedia) Barthélemy, Auguste MarseilleBarthélemy, Auguste Marseilleōgüstˈ märsāˈyə bärtālmēˈ [key], 1796–1867, French poet. With his friend Joseph Méry he wrote several brilliant and popular…

Grouchy, Emmanuel, marquis de

(Encyclopedia) Grouchy, Emmanuel, marquis deGrouchy, Emmanuel, marquis deĕmänüĕlˈ märkēˈ də gr&oomacr;shēˈ [key], 1766–1847, French general in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He was…

Wrede, Karl Philipp von

(Encyclopedia) Wrede, Karl Philipp vonWrede, Karl Philipp vonkärl fēˈlĭp fən vrāˈdə [key], 1767–1838, Bavarian general. He helped reorganize the Bavarian army, commanded part of the Bavarian troops…