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Lombardo

(Encyclopedia)Lombardo lōmbärˈdō [key], Italian family of sculptors and architects. Emigrants from Lombardy c.1470, they were leaders in the architectural Renaissance in Venice. Pietro Lombardo, c.1435–1515, ...

Quezaltenango

(Encyclopedia)Quezaltenango kāsältānängˈgō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 90,801), SW Guatemala. The city is the metropolis of the western highlands (it is 7,500 ft/2,286 m above sea level) and the second city o...

Alexandra

(Encyclopedia)Alexandra, 1844–1925, queen consort of Edward VII of Great Britain, whom she married in 1863. She was the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark. ...

Sverdrup Islands

(Encyclopedia)Sverdrup Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands. ...

wild carrot

(Encyclopedia)wild carrot: see Queen Anne's lace. ...

Cuautla

(Encyclopedia)Cuautla kwouˈtlä [key], city, Morelos state, S Mexico, in the Cuautla River valley. It is a ...

Malaspina, Alejandro

(Encyclopedia)Malaspina, Alejandro or Alessandro älāhänˈdrō mäläspēˈnä; älās-sänˈdrō [key], 1754–1810, Italian-Spanish naval officer and explorer, b. Mulazzo, Italy. From a minor N Italian noble fa...

Parry Islands

(Encyclopedia)Parry Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada. ...

Penthesilea

(Encyclopedia)Penthesilea pĕnˌthĕsəlēˈə [key], in Greek mythology, an Amazon queen. In the Trojan War, she led a troop of Amazons against the Greeks. She was killed by Achilles, who then fell in love with he...

Whitehead, William

(Encyclopedia)Whitehead, William, 1715–85, English poet and playwright. He wrote several plays based on ancient Greek models, including Creusa, Queen of Athens (1754). Whitehead was appointed poet laureate in 175...