Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Amoy (eastern China) pekoe, a type of tea. tea, originally pronounced like "tay," can be traced to Dutch thee, from Malay and Amoy.…
physician and missionaryBorn: May 31, 1854Birthplace: prob. Ashland, Ohio Having graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan with a master's degree in 1877, Fulton spent three years as a public…
high technology entrepreneurBorn: 1951Birthplace: China Yuen's family moved came to the United States from China when he was 17 years old. He received a B.S. in mathematics from the University of…
Chinese explorerBorn: 2nd century B.C. In 138 B.C.the emperor of the Han dynasty sent Zhang Qian, an army officer, into central Asia to bring back information about a nomadic tribe with whom the…
wife of Billy GrahamDied: June 14, 2007 (Montreat, North Carolina) Best Known as: wife and confidant of Reverend Billy Graham Wife and confidant of Reverend Billy…
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Hong KongHong Konghŏng kŏng [key], Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2015 est. pop. 7,246,000), land area 422 sq mi (1…
(Encyclopedia) ArgunArgunärˈg&oomacr;nˈ [key], Mandarin Ergun, river, 950 mi (1,529 km) long, rising in the Da Hinggan Mts., Heilongjiang prov., NE China, as the Hailar River and flowing W to the…
