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Mureşul

(Encyclopedia) MureşulMureşulm&oomacr;ˈrĕsh&oomacr;l [key], Hung. MarosMureşulmŏˈrôsh [key], river, c.470 mi (760 km) long, rising in the Carpathian Mts., N central Romania. It flows…

Baia Mare

(Encyclopedia) Baia Mare Baia Mare bīˈä mäˈrĕ [key], Hung. Nagybánya, city, NW Romania, in…

Szigeti, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Szigeti, JosephSzigeti, Josephsēgĕtˈē, Hung. sĭˈgĕtĭ [key], 1892–1973, Hungarian-American violinist. After his debut at 13, Szigeti made his first European tour in 1912. Thereafter he…

Taiping Rebellion

(Encyclopedia) Taiping Rebellion, 1850–64, revolt against the Ch'ing (Manchu) dynasty of China. It was led by Hung Hsiu-ch'üan, a visionary from Guangdong who evolved a political creed and messianic…

Hesse, Eva

(Encyclopedia) Hesse, EvaHesse, Evahĕsˈə [key], 1936–70, American sculptor, b. Hamburg, Germany. Hesse's sculpture displays an antiformalism that developed in the late 1960s in reaction against…

Trnava

(Encyclopedia) TrnavaTrnavatûrˈnävä [key], Ger. Tyrnau, Hung. Nagyszombat, city (1991 pop. 71,783), W central Slovakia. The market for a fertile agricultural region, it produces motor vehicles,…

Sava

(Encyclopedia) SavaSavasäˈvä [key], Hung. Száva, c.580 mi (930 km) long, rising in two headstreams in the Julian Alps, Slovenia, and flowing generally SE past Ljubljana and Zagreb, Croatia, then…

Reşiţa

(Encyclopedia) ReşiţaReşiţarĕˈshētsä [key], Hung. Resiczabánya, city (1990 pop. 110,519), W Romania, in the Banat, in the western foothills of the Transylvanian Alps. It is a railroad terminus and a…

Senta

(Encyclopedia) SentaSentasĕnˈtä [key], Hung. Zenta, city (1991 pop. 28,779), in the Vojvodina region of Serbia, on the Tisza River. A river port and an agricultural center, it has a variety of light…

Balaton

(Encyclopedia) BalatonBalatonbăˈlətŏn, Hung. bŏˈlŏtôn [key], lake, 230 sq mi (596 sq km), W central Hungary, at the foot of the Bakony Forest. The Zala River is its main tributary; the lake is…