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Hyderabad, city, Pakistan

(Encyclopedia) Hyderabad, city, Sind prov., S Pakistan. Pakistan's fourth largest city, it has long been noted for its embroideries, precious-metal…

Imphal

(Encyclopedia) Imphal Imphal ĭmˈpəl [key], city, capital of Manipur state, NE India, in the Manipur River…

Chichester

(Encyclopedia) Chichester Chichester chĭˈchĭstər [key], city and district, West Sussex, S England. Chichester is an…

Faisalabad

(Encyclopedia) Faisalabad Faisalabad fīsälˈəbädˌ [key], formerly Lyallpur Faisalabad…

Briggs, Le Baron Russell

(Encyclopedia) Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855–1934, American educator, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1875; M.A., 1882). As a teacher at Harvard he developed, with Barrett Wendell, a…

heraldry

(Encyclopedia) heraldry, system in which inherited symbols, or devices, called charges are displayed on a shield, or escutcheon, for the purpose of identifying individuals or families. In the Middle…

Sukkur

(Encyclopedia) SukkurSukkurs&oobreve;kˈk&oobreve;r [key], city (1998 pop. 329,176), SE Pakistan, on the Indus River. It is an important commercial and industrial city and a center for trade…

Gujrat

(Encyclopedia) Gujrat Gujrat g&oobreve;jərätˈ [key], city, NE Pakistan. It is near the Chenab River and on a major…

Kaduna

(Encyclopedia) KadunaKadunakäˌd&oomacr;näˈ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 302,000), N Nigeria. A commercial and industrial center of N Nigeria, Kaduna has cotton-textile, beverage, and furniture…

Church of the Nazarene

(Encyclopedia) Church of the NazareneChurch of the Nazarenenăzˌərēnˈ [key], U.S. Protestant denomination established in 1908 through the union of the Church of the Nazarene, based in California; the…