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(Encyclopedia) PannoniaPannoniapănōˈnēə [key], ancient Roman province, central Europe, southwest of the Danube, including parts of modern Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia. Its natives…Kossuth, Louis
(Encyclopedia) Kossuth, LouisKossuth, Louiskŏs&oomacr;thˈ [key], Hung. Kossuth Lajos, 1802–94, Hungarian revolutionary hero. Born of a Protestant family and a lawyer by training, he entered…Ancona
(Encyclopedia) Ancona Ancona ängkôˈnä [key], city, capital of Ancona prov., chief city of Marche region, central Italy, on a promontory in the Adriatic Sea. It is a leading…Mĕstrović, Ivan
(Encyclopedia) Mĕstrović, IvanMĕstrović, Ivanēˈvän mĕshˈtrōvyĭch [key], 1883–1962, Croatian-American sculptor, b. Vrpolje, Croatia (then in Austria-Hungary). He was a shepherd and then an apprentice…Dinaric Alps
(Encyclopedia) Dinaric AlpsDinaric Alpsdīnârˈĭk [key], Ital. Alpi Dinariche, Serbo-Croatian Dinara Planina, mountain system, extending c.400 mi (640 km) along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea from…Yugoslavia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 CE5 YugoslaviaYugoslaviay&oomacr;ˌgōsläˈvēə [key], Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, former country of SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula. Belgrade was the capital and by far…Tesla, Nikola
(Encyclopedia) Tesla, NikolaTesla, Nikolatĕsˈlə [key], 1856–1943, American electrician and inventor, b. Croatia (then an Austrian province). An ethnic Serb, he immigrated to the United States in 1884…Karlowitz, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Karlowitz, Treaty ofKarlowitz, Treaty ofkärˈlōvĭts [key], 1699, peace treaty signed at Sremski Karlovci (Ger. Karlowitz), N Serbia. It was concluded between the Ottoman Empire on the…Axis
(Encyclopedia) Axis, coalition of countries headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan, 1936–45 (see World War II). The expression “Rome-Berlin axis” originated in Oct., 1936, with an accord reached by…Dalmatian
(Encyclopedia) DalmatianDalmatiandălmāˈshən [key], breed of hardy, strong-bodied nonsporting dog probably developed in the Austrian province of Dalmatia (now Croatia) several hundred years ago. It…Trending
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