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Stone, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Nicholas, 1586–1647, English sculptor and mason, b. Devonshire. He rose to a position of highest importance as a decorative sculptor, working after designs by Inigo Jones. His…Bari
(Encyclopedia) Bari Bari bäˈrē [key], city, capital of Bari prov. and of Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic…Hamar
(Encyclopedia) Hamar Hamar häˈmär [key], city, capital of Hedmark co., SE Norway, on Lake Mjøsa. It…Feldkirch
(Encyclopedia) Feldkirch Feldkirch fĕltˈkĭrkhˌ [key], town, in Voralberg, extreme W Austria, near the Rhine River and…Carter, Nick
(Encyclopedia) Carter, Nick, fictional detective character in dime novels said to have been created by J. R. Coryell in the 1880s. The firm of Street & Smith, New York City, published over 1,000…Dęblin
(Encyclopedia) Dęblin Dęblin dĕNˈblēn [key], city, Lubelskie prov., E Poland, on the Vistula River. It is a…Biddle, Nicholas, American naval officer
(Encyclopedia) Biddle, Nicholas, 1750–78, American naval officer, b. Philadelphia. Biddle left the British navy in 1773. In the American Revolution he became captain in the patriot navy and daringly…Vejle
(Encyclopedia) VejleVejlevīˈlə [key], city (1992 pop. 46,074), capital of Vejle co., central Denmark, a seaport at the head of the Vejle Fjord. It is a commercial and industrial center and a rail…Szigetvár
(Encyclopedia) SzigetvárSzigetvársĭˈgĕtvär [key], town (1991 est. pop. 12,280), SW Hungary. A medieval fortress, it was defended in 1566 by Nicholas Zrinyi against the Ottoman sultan Sulayman I, who…Decembrists
(Encyclopedia) DecembristsDecembristsdĭsĕmˈbrĭsts [key], in Russian history, members of secret revolutionary societies whose activities led to the uprising of Dec., 1825, against Czar Nicholas I.…Trending
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