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abstract art

(Encyclopedia)abstract art: see abstract expressionism; modern art. ...

New Hampshire chicken

(Encyclopedia)New Hampshire chicken, dual-purpose breed of poultry that is no longer grown commercially. It is retained for its genetic input into modern breeding programs. ...

Nadiad

(Encyclopedia)Nadiad nŭdˈēäd [key], city (1991 pop. 170,217), Gujurat state, W central India. It is a center of modern agricultural production and an important road and rail hub. ...

Alypius

(Encyclopedia)Alypius or Alypios both: əlĭpˈēəs [key], fl. c.360, Greek author of Introduction to Music, chief source of modern knowledge of Greek musical notation. ...

Geba

(Encyclopedia)Geba gēˈbə [key], in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, c.5 mi (8 km) NW of Jerusalem, the modern Jaba, the West Bank. There Jonathan slaughtered the Philistines. ...

Etruscan civilization

(Encyclopedia)Etruscan civilization, highest civilization in Italy before the rise of Rome. The core of the territory of the Etruscans, known as Etruria to the Latins, was northwest of the Tiber River, now in moder...

Egersund

(Encyclopedia)Egersund āˈgərso͝on [key], town, Rogaland co., S Norway, a modern fishing port on the North ...

Abel-beth-maachah

(Encyclopedia)Abel-beth-maachah āˈbəl-bĕth-māˈəkə [key], town, ancient Palestine, the modern Tel Abil (Israel), S of Metulla. In the Bible, it was attacked by Behadad and taken by Tiglathpileser. ...

Foxborough

(Encyclopedia)Foxborough or Foxboro, town (2020 pop. 6,296), Norfolk co., SE Mass.; settled 1704, inc. 1778. During the Revolutionary War cann...

Aradus

(Encyclopedia)Aradus ârˈədəs [key], islet and town of ancient Phoenicia, the modern Arwad or Arvad, N of Tripoli 2 mi off the Syrian coast. It was the most northerly of the important Phoenician centers. ...