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Winnipeg, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Winnipeg, Lake, third largest lake of Canada, 9,465 sq mi (24,514 sq km), 264 mi (425 km) long and from 25 to 68 mi (40–109 km) wide, S central Man., Canada, N of Winnipeg. It is a…Sassanid
(Encyclopedia) Sassanid,&sp;SasanidSassanid,both: săsˈənĭd [key], or SassanianSassanid,săsāˈnyən [key], last dynasty of native rulers to reign in Persia before the Arab conquest. The period of…August 2003 Disasters
Aug. 1, Mozdok, Russia: Chechen separatists are blamed for an explosion at a military hospital in Mozdok which killed 35 and injured dozens.Aug. 5, Jakarta, Indonesia: A car bomb blasted the…nuclear winter
(Encyclopedia) nuclear winter, theory holding that the smoke and dust produced by a large nuclear war would result in a prolonged period of cold on the earth. The earliest version of the theory,…Ruwenzori
(Encyclopedia) RuwenzoriRuwenzorir&oomacr;ˌwənzōˈrē [key], mountain range, E central Africa, on the Uganda-Congo border, in the western arm of the Great Rift Valley between lakes Albert and…chamber music
(Encyclopedia) chamber music, ensemble music for small groups of instruments, with only one player to each part. Its essence is individual treatment of parts and the exclusion of virtuosic elements.…50 Most Common Last Names in America (Update for 2023)
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesBaby names are an important cultural tradition across the world, and have been for thousands of years. Different cultures have a variety of ways to choose given names…John XXII, pope
(Encyclopedia) John XXII, 1244–1334, pope (1316–34), a Frenchman (b. Cahors) named Jacques Duèse; successor of Clement V. Formerly, he was often called John XXI. He reigned at Avignon. John was…Kandy
(Encyclopedia) KandyKandykănˈdē [key], city (1995 est. pop. 108,000), capital of Central prov., Sri Lanka, on the Kandy Plateau. Once the capital of the Sinhalese Kandyan kingdom, it is now a…Kenai Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Kenai PeninsulaKenai Peninsulakēˈnī [key], S Alaska, jutting c.150 mi (240 km) into the Gulf of Alaska, between Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet. The Kenai Mts., c.7,000 ft (2,130 m…Trending
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