(Encyclopedia) De LanceyDe Lanceydə lănˈsē [key], family of political leaders, soldiers, and merchants prominent in colonial New York. Étienne De Lancey or Stephen De Lancey, 1663–1741, b. Caen,…
(Encyclopedia) De profundisDe profundisdā prōf&oomacr;nˈdēs [key] [Lat.,=from the depths], the opening words of Psalm 130, one of the penitential Psalms, in Jerome's Latin version (see Vulgate);…
(Encyclopedia) De-shimaDe-shimadāˈ-shĭmä [key] or De-jimaDe-shimadāˈ-jĭmä [key], artificial island, c.40 acres (16 hectares), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, in Nagasaki harbor. It has many…
de Broglie
(Encyclopedia) de Broglie. For persons thus named use Broglie.
Vries, de
(Encyclopedia) Vries, de. For some persons thus named, use de Vries.
(Encyclopedia) Zhu De or Chu TehZhu Deboth: j&oomacr; dŭ [key], 1886–1976, Chinese Communist soldier and leader. He was graduated (1911) from the Yunnan military academy and served in various…
(Encyclopedia) Stijl, deStijl, dedə stīl [key] [Du.,=the style], Dutch nonfigurative art movement, also called neoplasticism. In 1917 a group of artists, architects, and poets was organized under the…