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Rosamond, wife of the Lombard king Alboin

(Encyclopedia)Rosamond rŏzˈəmənd [key], fl. c.570, wife of the Lombard king Alboin. The daughter of King Kunimund of the Gepidae, a Germanic people, she was captured by Alboin, who had defeated and killed her f...

United Provinces , former name of the Netherlands

(Encyclopedia)United Provinces: see Netherlands. ...

North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River

(Encyclopedia)North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

(Encyclopedia)Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), international body (est. 1997) responsible for the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which aims at the destruction o...

Wolcott, Oliver, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

(Encyclopedia)Wolcott, Oliver, 1760–1833, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1795–1800), b. Litchfield, Conn; son of Oliver Wolcott. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he served as Connecticut comptroller (1788–89), a...

Sites of the Modern Olympic Games (table)

(Encyclopedia)Sites of the Modern Olympic Games Summer Games Winter Games ...

Stewart, alternate form of the name Stuart

(Encyclopedia)Stewart, alternate form of the name Stuart. ...

Brutus, legendary founder of the British race

(Encyclopedia)Brutus, legendary founder of the British race: see Brut. ...

Air Force, United States Department of the

(Encyclopedia)Air Force, United States Department of the, military department within the U.S. Dept. of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). The Air Force traces its roots to the founding of the Aeron...

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

(Encyclopedia)Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, 30,300 acres (12,272 hectares), W central Colorado, in the Rocky Mts. The park embraces the most spectacular stretch of the 53-mi (85-km) long Black Canyon,...