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Aidoo, Ama Ata
(Encyclopedia)Aidoo, Ama Ata ämˈä ätäˈä īˈdo͞o [key] (Christina Ama Ata Aidoo), 1942–, Ghanaian author, poet, and playwright, grad. Univ. of Ghana (B.A., 1964). Combining traditional African storytellin...Alma-Ata
(Encyclopedia)Alma-Ata: see Almaty, Kazakhstan.Ama-no-hashidate
(Encyclopedia)Ama-no-hashidate: see Miyazu, Japan. ...American Medical Association
(Encyclopedia)American Medical Association (AMA), professional physicians' organization (founded 1847). Its goals are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and support the growth o...Almaty
(Encyclopedia)Almaty ălˌmə-ətäˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 1,896,000), SE Kazakhstan, in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau, within but independent of Almaty prov. A terminus of th...Miyazu
(Encyclopedia)Miyazu mēyäˈzo͞o [key], town (1990 pop. 26,450), Kyoto prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Miyazu Bay. It is a fishing port and processes marine products. Nearby is Ama-no-hashidate, or “heaven's br...Taraz
(Encyclopedia)Taraz jämbĭlˈ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 317,000), in S Kazakhstan on the border with Kyrgyzstan, on the Taraz (Talas) River and the Turkistan-Siberia RR. Industries include food processing and th...Japarov, Sadyr Nurgozhoevich
(Encyclopedia)Japarov, Sadyr Nurgozhoevich, 1968–, Kyrgyz political leader. Elected to parliament in 2005, he was originally a member of the Ak-Jol party and a supporter of President Bakiyev. When Bakiyev was ous...poisonous plant
(Encyclopedia)poisonous plant, any plant possessing a property injurious to man or animal. Plants may be poisonous to the touch (e.g., poison ivy, poison sumac), or orally toxic (e.g., poison hemlock, deadly amanit...machine
(Encyclopedia)machine, arrangement of moving and stationary mechanical parts used to perform some useful work or to provide transportation. From a historical perspective, many of the first machines were the result ...Browse by Subject
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