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McQueen, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) McQueen, Alexander (Lee Alexander McQueen), 1969–2010, British fashion designer. He learned tailoring on Savile Row in London and worked with several theatrical costumers, which led to…Minton
(Encyclopedia) Minton, English family of potters. The first important member of the family was Thomas Minton, 1765–1836, who founded a small pottery at Stoke-on-Trent. He first engraved the famous…Cuttack
(Encyclopedia) Cuttack Cuttack kətăkˈ [key], city, Odisha (Orissa) state, E central India at the head of the…Dunedin, city, New Zealand
(Encyclopedia) Dunedin Dunedin dənēˈdĭn [key], city, SE South Island, New Zealand, at the head of Otago Harbor…La Hire
(Encyclopedia) La HireLa Hirelä ēr [key], c.1390–c.1443, French commander in the Hundred Years War, whose real name was Étienne de Vignoles or Vignolles. He entered (1418) the service of the dauphin…Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de
(Encyclopedia) Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse deLamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse demärēˈ tārĕzˈ lwēz də sävwä-kärēnyäNˈ, prăNsĕsˈ də läNbälˈ…Kalispell
(Encyclopedia) KalispellKalispellkălˈĭspĕlˌ, –pĕlˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 11,917), seat of Flathead co., NW Mont., at the head of Flathead Lake near Glacier National Park; inc. 1892. It is the…Justin Morgan
(Encyclopedia) Justin Morgan, 1792–1821, American horse, the foundation sire of the Justin Morgan breed of horses. Originally called “Figure,” the stallion was renamed for his first owner, Justin…Iqaluit
(Encyclopedia) Iqaluit Iqaluit ĭkäl&oomacr;ˈĭt [key], town, Nunavut Territory, Canada, at the NE head of Frobisher…Limann, Hilla
(Encyclopedia) Limann, HillaLimann, Hillahĭlˈə lēˈmän [key], 1934–98, president of Ghana (1979–81). In 1979, after seven years of military rule, Ghana's new military leader, Jerry Rawlings, handed…Trending
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