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Kagera

(Encyclopedia) KageraKagerakägāˈrə [key], river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, formed on the Rwanda-Tanzania border, E central Africa, by the confluence of the Nyabarongo and Ruvubu rivers. The Kagera's…

Viscount Melville Sound

(Encyclopedia) Viscount Melville Sound, 250 mi (402 km) long and 100 mi (161 km) wide, arm of the Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, between Victoria and Prince of Wales islands…

Alfonso XIII, king of Spain

(Encyclopedia) Alfonso XIII, 1886–1941, king of Spain (1886–1931), posthumous son and successor of Alfonso XII. His mother, Maria Christina (1858–1929), was regent until 1902. In 1906, Alfonso…

Edward VII

(Encyclopedia) Edward VII (Albert Edward), 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1901–10). The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, he was created prince of Wales almost…

Kampala

(Encyclopedia) KampalaKampalakämpäˈlä [key], city (2002 pop. 1,189,142), capital of Uganda, on Lake Victoria. It is Uganda's largest city and its administrative, communications, economic, and…

Connaught, Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke of

(Encyclopedia) Connaught, Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke ofConnaught, Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke ofkŏnˈôt [key], 1850–1942, English prince; son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert,…

Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke

(Encyclopedia) Greville, Charles Cavendish FulkeGreville, Charles Cavendish Fulkegrĕvˈĭl [key], 1794–1865, English diarist. As clerk of the Council in Ordinary (1821–59), he was closely associated…

Migingo Islands

(Encyclopedia) Migingo Islands, small, rocky islands in Lake Victoria, E Africa, off Kenya north of the Tanzanian border. The group consists of Migingo, Ugingo, and Pyramid Island. According to a…