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(Encyclopedia) teak, tall deciduous tree (Tectona grandis) of the family Verbenaceae (verbena family), native to India and Malaysia but now widely cultivated in other tropical areas. Unfortunately,…Abuja
(Encyclopedia) Abuja Abuja äb&oomacr;ˈjə [key], city and federal capital territory (2021 metropolitan area est. pop. 3,278,000), central Nigeria. Plans to move the…Golding, Bruce
(Encyclopedia) Golding, Bruce, 1947–, Jamaican political leader. The son of Tacius Golding, a member of parliament and speaker of the house in the 1960s, he is a graduate of the Univ. of the West…Howe, Clarence Decatur
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Clarence DecaturHowe, Clarence Decaturhou [key], 1886–1960, Canadian civil engineer and cabinet minister, b. Waltham, Mass. He went to Canada in 1908 as professor of civil…homology
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Homology in bones of a bird wing and an amphibian foreleg homologyhomologyhōmŏlˈəjē [key], in biology, the correspondence between structures of different species that is…Ismailia
(Encyclopedia) IsmailiaIsmailiaĭzmāəlēˈə [key] or Al IsmailiyahIsmailiaäl ĭsmăĭlēˈyə [key], city (1986 est. pop. 212,759), capital of Ismailia governorate, NE Egypt. It is the seat of the Suez Canal…Ismail Pasha
(Encyclopedia) Ismail PashaIsmail Pashaĭsˌmäēl päshäˈ [key], 1830–95, ruler of Egypt (1863–79), son of Ibrahim Pasha. He succeeded his uncle Said Pasha as ruler. Ismail used the Egyptian cotton crop…Maginot Line
(Encyclopedia) Maginot LineMaginot Linemăzhˈĭnō, Fr. mäzhēnōˈ [key], system of fortifications along the eastern frontier of France, extending from the Swiss border to the Belgian. It was named for…Muhammad V, Ottoman sultan
(Encyclopedia) Muhammad V or Mehmet V, 1844–1918, Ottoman sultan (1909–18). He succeeded to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) when the liberal Young Turk revolution of 1909 deposed his…Ashland
(Encyclopedia) Ashland Ashland ăshˈlənd [key]. 1 Industrial city (2020 pop. 21,625), Boyd co., E Ky., on terraces along the Ohio River near the influx of the Big Sandy;…Trending
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