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(Encyclopedia) ShumenShumensh&oobreve;ˈmĕn [key], city (1993 pop. 96,099), NE Bulgaria. It is a railway junction and a market for grains and other agricultural products. Brewing, tobacco…Síros, island, Greece
(Encyclopedia) SírosSírossēˈrôs [key] or SyrosSírossīˈrŏs [key], island (1991 pop. 19,870), 33 sq mi (85 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, one of the Cyclades. Ermoupolis, or Síros, is the island…Reclus, Jean Jacques Élisée
(Encyclopedia) Reclus, Jean Jacques ÉliséeReclus, Jean Jacques ÉliséezhäN zhäk ālēzāˈ rəklüˈ [key], 1830–1905, French geographer, b. Gironde, educated mainly in Germany, where he studied under Karl…Satsuma
(Encyclopedia) SatsumaSatsumasäts&oomacr;ˈmä [key], peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, SW Kyushu, Japan. It gives its name to a famous porcelain, Satsuma ware, which was first manufactured there by…Keller, Gottfried
(Encyclopedia) Keller, GottfriedKeller, Gottfriedgôtˈfrēt [key], 1819–90, Swiss novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His vital, realistic, and purposeful fiction gives him a high place among 19th-…German silver
(Encyclopedia) German silver, name for various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, sometimes also containing lead and tin. They were originally named for their silver-white color, but use of the term…Franklin, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Franklin. 1 City (2020 pop. 26,414), seat of Johnson co., S central Ind., inc. 1823. It is a farm trade center. Manufactures include…Mayfield Heights
(Encyclopedia) Mayfield Heights, city (1990 pop. 19,847), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1925. It is primarily residential.melodrama
(Encyclopedia) melodrama [Gr.,=song-drama], originally a spoken text with musical background, as in Greek drama. The form was popular in the 18th cent., when its composers included Georg Benda, J. J…Bedlingtonshire
(Encyclopedia) Bedlingtonshire, town, Northumberland, NE England. A coal mining region in the 19th cent., its present economy depends upon a variety of light manufacturing.Trending
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