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Lusiads, The

(Encyclopedia)Lusiads, The: see Camões, Luís de. ...

Dalles, The

(Encyclopedia)Dalles, The, Oregon: see The Dalles. ...

Cloisters, the

(Encyclopedia)Cloisters, the, museum of medieval European art, in Fort Tryon Park, New York City, overlooking the Hudson River. A branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was opened to the public in May, 1938. ...

Eight, the

(Encyclopedia)Eight, the, group of American artists in New York City, formed in 1908 to exhibit paintings. They were men of widely different tendencies, held together mainly by their common opposition to academism....

Downs, The

(Encyclopedia)Downs, The, roadstead, c.8 mi (13 km) long and 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, between North Foreland and South Foreland, off Deal, Kent, SE England, in the English Channel. It is protected, except from strong so...

Hebrides, the

(Encyclopedia)Hebrides, the hĕbˈrĭdēz [key], Western Isles, or Western Islands, group of more than 50 islands, W and NW Scotland. Less than a fifth of the islands are inhabited. The Outer Hebrides (sometimes al...

Hague, The

(Encyclopedia)Hague, The hāg [key], Du. 's Gravenhage or Den Haag, Fr. La Haye, city (2020 pop. 545,838), ...

Goat, The

(Encyclopedia)Goat, The, English name for Capricornus, a constellation. ...

Ram, The

(Encyclopedia)Ram, The, English name for Aries, a constellation. ...

Rockies, the

(Encyclopedia)Rockies, the: see Rocky Mountains. ...
 

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