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Odum, Eugene Pleasants

(Encyclopedia)Odum, Eugene Pleasants, 1913–2002, American ecologist, b. Newport, N.H., Ph.D. Univ. of Illinois, 1939; son of Howard W. Odum. He joined the department of zoology at the Univ. of Georgia in 1940, ev...

Bodrum

(Encyclopedia)Bodrum bōˈdrum [key], town, Muğla prov., SW Turkey, on the Bodrum peninsula on the Aegean ...

Simoïs

(Encyclopedia)Simoïs sĭmˈōĭs [key], small river, NW Turkey, a tributary of the Scamander. It was the scene of many legendary events of Asia Minor, particularly during the siege of Troy. ...

Grew, Joseph Clark

(Encyclopedia)Grew, Joseph Clark, 1880–1965, American diplomat, b. Boston. Entering diplomatic service in 1904, he held posts of increasing importance in different capitals until 1924, when he became Under Secret...

Anatolia

(Encyclopedia)Anatolia ănˌətōˈlēə [key] [Gr.,=sunrise], Asian part of Turkey, usually synonymous with Asia Minor. ...

Tirebolu

(Encyclopedia)Tirebolu tĭrĕˈbōlo͞o [key], anc. Tripolis, town, N Turkey, a port on the Black Sea. Its exports include copper, manganese, and zinc. The remains of a Byzantine fortress are there. ...

Bartholomew I

(Encyclopedia)Bartholomew I, 1940–, Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, b. Imvros, Turkey, as Dimitrios Archondonis. He attended theological seminary in İstanbul and later studied in Rome, Switzerland, and Ger...

Colossae

(Encyclopedia)Colossae kəlŏsˈē [key], ancient city of SW Phrygia, Asia Minor, S of the Maeander (modern Menderes) River, in W Turkey, 4 mi (6.4 km) E of Denizli. It flourished as a trading town until eclipsed b...

Giresun

(Encyclopedia)Giresun gērĕso͞onˈ [key], city, capital of Giresun prov., NE Turkey, a port on the Black Sea. ...

morocco, type of leather

(Encyclopedia)morocco, goatskin leather, dyed on the grain side and boarded by hand or machine to bring up the grain in a bird's-eye effect. It probably originated with the Arabs in North Africa as an alum-tanned p...