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Quemoy

(Encyclopedia)Quemoy kĭmoiˈ [key], Chin. Chinmen, Kinmen, or Jinmen, Taiwanese island group (2010 pop. 56,703), Taiwan Strait, just off Fujian prov., China, and c.150 mi (240 km) W of Taiwan. The group consists o...

Outer Banks

(Encyclopedia)Outer Banks or the Banks, chain of sand barrier islands and peninsulas, c.175 mi (280 km), along the Atlantic coast of SE Va. and E N.C. Separated by inlets and enclosing several saltwater lagoons, or...

Vulcano

(Encyclopedia)Vulcano, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...

Stromboli

(Encyclopedia)Stromboli, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...

Shetland

(Encyclopedia)Shetland, former county, Scotland: see under Shetland Islands. ...

Port Blair

(Encyclopedia)Port Blair, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...

Virgin Gorda

(Encyclopedia)Virgin Gorda, one of the British Virgin Islands. ...

Synge, John Millington

(Encyclopedia)Synge, John Millington sĭng [key], 1871–1909, Irish poet and dramatist, b. near Dublin, of Protestant parents. He was an important figure in the Irish literary renaissance. As a young man he studie...

Hebrew literature

(Encyclopedia)Hebrew literature, literary works, from ancient to modern, written in the Hebrew language. The rise of Zionism, particularly reflected in the writings of Ahad Ha-am (Asher Ginzberg), gave Hebrew ...

Danish West Indies

(Encyclopedia)Danish West Indies: see Virgin Islands of the United States. ...