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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...

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),...

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 ...

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...

Hittite

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

Khoisan

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

Romanic

(Encyclopedia)Romanic: see Romance languages.

Slavonic

(Encyclopedia)Slavonic: see Slavic languages.

Niger-Kordofanian

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

Nilo-Saharan

(Encyclopedia)Nilo-Saharan: see African languages. ...