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Webster, Noah

(Encyclopedia)Webster, Noah, 1758–1843, American lexicographer and philologist, b. West Hartford, Conn., grad. Yale, 1778. After serving in the American Revolution, Webster practiced law in Hartford. His Grammati...

Saint John's University

(Encyclopedia)Saint John's University, main campus at Jamaica, New York City; Roman Catholic; coeducational; established 1870 as St. John's College. Its present name was adopted in 1954. It is the largest Catholic ...

Virgin Lands Territory

(Encyclopedia)Virgin Lands Territory, Rus. Tselinny Kray, former administrative division, c.231,000 sq mi (598,300 sq km), Central Asian USSR, in Kazakhstan. Created in 1960 by the merger of Kokchetav (Kökshetau),...

Miyazawa, Kiichi

(Encyclopedia)Miyazawa, Kiichi kē-ēˈchē mēˌäzäˈwä [key], 1919–2007, Japanese politician, b. Fukuyama. A member of an eminent political family, he graduated from Tokyo Univ. and served in the finance min...

Khoisan

(Encyclopedia)Khoisan: see African languages. ...

Hittite

(Encyclopedia)Hittite: see Anatolian languages. ...

Romanic

(Encyclopedia)Romanic: see Romance languages.

Slavonic

(Encyclopedia)Slavonic: see Slavic languages.

Khalka language

(Encyclopedia)Khalka language: see Mongolian languages. ...

Niger-Kordofanian

(Encyclopedia)Niger-Kordofanian: see African languages. ...