First Olympic Appearance: 1900
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(Encyclopedia) Asenovgrad Asenovgrad äsānôvˈgrät [key], city, S central Bulgaria. It is a commercial center, with wineries and tobacco manufactures. An ancient Bulgarian…
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(Encyclopedia) CantacuzeneCantacuzenekănˌtəky&oomacr;zēnˈ [key] or CantacuzinoCantacuzinokänˈtäk&oomacr;zēˈnô [key], noble Romanian family of Greek origin, tracing its descent from the…
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(Encyclopedia) Tilak, Bal GangadharTilak, Bal Gangadharbäl gŭngˈgədär tēˈläk [key], 1856–1920, Indian nationalist leader. He was a journalist in Pune, and in his newspapers, the Marathi-language…
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(Encyclopedia) SlavoniaSlavoniasləvōˈnēə [key], Croatian Slavonija, historic region, part of Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the Drava River in the…
