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Uslar Pietri, Arturo

(Encyclopedia)Uslar Pietri, Arturo ärto͞oˈrō o͞osˈlär pyāˈtrē [key], 1906–2001, Venezuelan novelist and essayist. Uslar Pietri is considered one of the most powerful regional writers in modern Spanish-A...

Alammelech

(Encyclopedia)Alammelech əlămˈəlĕk [key], in the Bible, village of Asher, NW ancient Palestine. The modern Wadi el-Melek near Mt. Carmel perhaps echoes the name. ...

Zacatecoluca

(Encyclopedia)Zacatecoluca säkätākōlo͞oˈkä [key], city (1993 pop. 28,192), S central El Salvador. The city was heavily damaged by an earthquake in 1932. ...

stator

(Encyclopedia)stator: see generator; motor, electric. ...

rotor

(Encyclopedia)rotor: see generator; motor, electric. ...

hydroelectric power

(Encyclopedia)hydroelectric power: see power, electric; water power. ...

Acajutla

(Encyclopedia)Acajutla äkäho͞otˈlä [key], town (1993 17,233), SW El Salvador, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a coffee and fishing port, a railroad terminus, and a resort. Sugar is an important export. ...

Colorado Springs

(Encyclopedia)Colorado Springs, city (2020 pop. 478,961), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. ...

Usulután

(Encyclopedia)Usulután o͞oso͞olo͞otänˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 38,138), S El Salvador. Near the volcano of the same name, the city is the commercial center of an agricultural region. ...

Cojutepeque

(Encyclopedia)Cojutepeque kōho͞otāpāˈkā [key], city, capital of Cuscatlán dept., central El Salvador. It is ...