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Chilung

(Encyclopedia)Chilung or Chi-lung, city, Taiwan: see Keelung. ...

Hsia

(Encyclopedia)Hsia shēä [key], semilegendary first dynasty of China, which ruled, according to traditional dates, from c.2205 b.c. to c.1766 b.c. or, according to some modern scholars, from c.1994 b.c. to c.1523 ...

Zheng He

(Encyclopedia)Zheng He: see Cheng Ho.

Holy Grail

(Encyclopedia)Holy Grail: see Grail, Holy.

Tabor, Elizabeth McCourt

(Encyclopedia)Tabor, Elizabeth McCourt: see under Tabor, Horace Austin Warner. ...

Keelung

(Encyclopedia)Keelung lo͞ongˈ [key], city (2010 pop. 381,809), N Taiwan, on the East China Sea. Because of its excellent harbor it is an important port, naval base, and fishing port. It has several large shipyard...

monogram

(Encyclopedia)monogram [Gr.,=single letter], symbol of a name or names, consisting typically of a letter or several letters worked together. A famous monogram is that of Christ, consisting of X (chi) and P (rho), t...

Ji'an

(Encyclopedia)Ji'an or Kian both: jēˈänˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 163,800), central Jiangxi prov., China. It is a major commercial port on the Gan River and an important road hub and market center. Light ind...

iodoform

(Encyclopedia)iodoform īōˈdəfôrmˌ [key], CHI3, yellow crystalline solid that has a penetrating odor. It melts at 119℃ and is insoluble in water but soluble in ether or ethanol. Iodoform was formerly used as...

Baoji

(Encyclopedia)Baoji or Paoki both: bou-jē [key], city (1994 est. pop. 379,400), SW Shaanxi prov., China, on the Wei River. On the Longhai RR, it is an important junction point for the line to Chengdu, in Sichuan p...