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Bulgari

(Encyclopedia)Bulgari: see Bulgars, Eastern.

Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail

(Encyclopedia)Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College and moved to Eng...

Gibraltar, Strait of

(Encyclopedia)Gibraltar, Strait of jĭbrôlˈtər [key], Lat. Fretum Herculeum or Fretum Gaditanum, passage, c.36 mi (58 km) long, connecting the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, between southernmost Spain and north...

Front Range

(Encyclopedia)Front Range, an eastern range of the U.S. Rocky Mts., bordering the Great Plains and extending c.300 mi (480 km) S from SE Wyo. to the Arkansas River, S central Colo. It has several peaks, including G...

Bergen op Zoom

(Encyclopedia)Bergen op Zoom bĕrˈgən ôp zōmˈ [key], town, North Brabant prov., SW Netherlands, on the Zoom River near ...

Greek Church

(Encyclopedia)Greek Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

Byzantine rite

(Encyclopedia)Byzantine rite: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

Russian Church

(Encyclopedia)Russian Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

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