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Nu, U

(Encyclopedia)Nu, U o͞o no͞o [key], 1907–95, Burmese political leader, prime minister of Burma (1948–56, 1957–58, 1960–62). A nationalist, he was expelled by the British authorities from the Univ. of Rang...

Franck

(Encyclopedia)Franck, family of painters: see Francken. ...

Brueghel

(Encyclopedia)Brueghel, family of painters: see Bruegel. ...

Breughel

(Encyclopedia)Breughel, family of painters: see Bruegel. ...

Anguissola, Sofonisba

(Encyclopedia)Anguissola or Anguisciola, Sofonisba sōfōnēsˈbä ängˌēsōˈlä, –shōlä [key], c.1535–1625, Italian painter. Born to a noble family, she studied with Bernardino Campi and later with Michel...

nightingale

(Encyclopedia)nightingale, common name for a migratory Old World bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family), celebrated for its vocal powers. The common nightingale of England and Western Europe, Luscinia megarhyn...

lespedeza

(Encyclopedia)lespedeza lĕsˌpədēˈzə [key] or bush clover, any plant of the genus Lespedeza, leguminous herbs or undershrubs of the family Leguminosae (pulse family); native to North America, Asia, and Austral...

Kuyp

(Encyclopedia)Kuyp, family of Dutch painters: see Cuyp. ...

Kanaoka

(Encyclopedia)Kanaoka känäˈōkä [key], fl. 2d half of 9th cent., Japanese landscape and figure painter, founder of the Kose school of painting. None of his works survives, but tradition says that he was the fir...

Este, Italian noble family

(Encyclopedia)Este ĕsˈtā [key], Italian noble family, rulers of Ferrara (1240–1597) and of Modena (1288–1796) and celebrated patrons of the arts during the Renaissance. Probably of Lombard origin, they took ...