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Bengali

(Encyclopedia)Bengali bängˈlä [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ...

Betsiamites

(Encyclopedia)Betsiamites bĕrˌsĭmēˈ [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the highlands of E Que., Canada, and flowing SE into the St. Lawrence River at Betsiamites. Two hydroelectric plants provide ...

Wengen

(Encyclopedia)Wengen vĕngˈərn älp [key], at 6,160 ft (1,878 m), has a beautiful view of the Jungfrau peak. ...

Mogok

(Encyclopedia)Mogok mōˈgôkˌ [key], village, N central Myanmar, on the Shan Plateau. It is the centuries-old center of the Myanmarese ruby trade. ...

Miró Ferrer, Gabriel

(Encyclopedia)Miró Ferrer, Gabriel fĕrĕrˈ [key], 1879–1930, Spanish novelist and short-story writer. One of the Generation of '98, he achieved his powerful individual style through unusual combinations of wor...

Khaniá

(Encyclopedia)Khaniá sīdōˈnēə [key], city (1991 pop. 50,077), capital of Khaniá prefecture, NW Crete, Greece, a port on the Gulf of Khaniá, an arm of the Sea of Crete. Olives, citrus fruits, and wine are sh...

Amon, Egyptian deity

(Encyclopedia)Amon äˈmĕn [key], Egyptian deity. He was originally the chief god of Thebes; he and his wife Mut and their son Khensu were the divine Theban triad of deities. Amon grew increasingly important in Eg...

Absheron

(Encyclopedia)Absheron əp– [key], peninsula, c.40 mi (60 km) long, extending into the Caspian Sea, E Azerbaijan. It is a dry, hilly area at the eastern end of the Greater Caucasus Mts. and is underlain by rich o...

Juchitán

(Encyclopedia)Juchitán ᵺā särägōˈsä [key], town (1990 pop. 53,666), Oaxaca state, S Mexico. Located on the Juchitán River in a vast expanse of flat, fertile plain only slightly above sea level, the old to...

Yejmiadzin

(Encyclopedia)Yejmiadzin ĕchˌmēädzēnˈ [key] town (1994 est. pop. 64,400), SW Armenia, in the Aras (Araks) River valley. It has winemaking and plastics industries. Known since the 6th cent. b.c., Yejmiadzin (w...