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Batalha
(Encyclopedia)Batalha bətäˈlyə [key] [Port.,=battle], town, W central Portugal, just S of Leiria, in Es...Fabriano
(Encyclopedia)Fabriano fäbrēäˈnō [key], town, in the Marche, central Italy, in the Apennines. It is an ...Pleiku
(Encyclopedia)Pleiku or Play Ku both: plāko͞oˈ [key], town, central Vietnam. A highway junction for roads going east (to Quy Nhon), west (to Cambodia), north (to Da Nang), and south (to Ho Chi Minh City), it was...De Predis, Ambrogio
(Encyclopedia)De Predis, Ambrogio ämbrōˈjō dā prāˈdēs [key] c.1455–c.1506, Milanese painter. He worked under Leonardo da Vinci and copied many of his paintings. He also executed several portraits of the S...Dong Nai
(Encyclopedia)Dong Nai or Donnai both: dôngˈnīˈ [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising as the Da Dung in the mountains of S central Vietnam. It flows SW past Bien Hoa and joins with the Saigon River below...Inhambane
(Encyclopedia)Inhambane ĭnˌyəmbănˈə [key], city, SE Mozambique, on Inhambane Bay, an inlet of Mozambique ...Guarda
(Encyclopedia)Guarda gwärˈdə [key], city, capital of Guarda dist., N central Portugal, in Beira Alta. On...silverpoint
(Encyclopedia)silverpoint, method of drawing whereby a silver-tipped instrument is dragged across paper prepared with ground bone dust and gum water and then tinted with a pigment. The procedure results in drawings...Corinthian order
(Encyclopedia)Corinthian order, most ornate of the classic orders of architecture. It was also the latest, not arriving at full development until the middle of the 4th cent. b.c. The oldest known example, however, ...Lee, Spike
(Encyclopedia)Lee, Spike (Shelton Jackson Lee), 1957–, African-American filmmaker, b. Atlanta, Ga. As a student at New York Univ., he won recognition with his gradu...Browse by Subject
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