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- plant of the family Musaceae, and its fibre, which is second in importance among the leaf fibre group. Abaca fibre, unlike most other leaf fibres, is obtained from the plant leaf stalks (petioles). Although sometimes known as Manila hemp, Cebu ... [2 Related Articles]
- Abacha, Sani
- Nigerian military leader, who served as head of state (1993-98). [6 Related Articles]
- abacist
- (from the article "algebra") ...in purely rhetorical fashion, it was instrumental in communicating the Hindu-Arabic numerals to a wider audience in the Latin world. Early adopters of the "new" numerals became known as abacists, regardless of whether they used the numerals for calculating and ...
- Abaco
- island, The Bahamas, located about 55 miles (90 km) north of Nassau, the capital, on New Providence Island. Abaco is the largest island of the Abaco and Cays, or Abacos, group; the other main island is Little Abaco, just to ... [1 Related Articles]
- abacus
- (from the article "capital") Two simple forms of the capital are a square wooden block called an abacus, placed on the top of a post, and an oblong block called a billet, set with its greatest dimensions parallel to the beam above. Shaping the ...
- abacus
- calculating device, probably of Babylonian origin, that was long important in commerce. It is the ancestor of the modern calculating machine and computer. [4 Related Articles]
- Abadan
- city, extreme southwestern Iran. The city is situated in Khuzestan, part of the oil-producing region of Iran. Abadan lies on an island of the same name along the eastern bank of the Shatt Al-'Arab (river), 33 miles (53 km) from ...
- Abadan Island
- (from the article "Abadan") city, extreme southwestern Iran. The city is situated in Khuzestan, part of the oil-producing region of Iran. Abadan lies on an island of the same name along the eastern bank of the Shatt Al-'Arab (river), 33 miles (53 km) from ...
- Abadgaran-e Iran-e Islami
- (from the article "Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud") Ahmadinejad helped establish Abadgaran-e Iran-e Islami (Developers of an Islamic Iran), which promoted a populist agenda and sought to unite the country's conservative factions. The party won the city council elections in Tehran in February 2003, and in May the ...
- Abadi, Agha Hasan
- Indian-born Pakistani financier who founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (b. May 14, 1922--d. Aug. 5, 1995).
- Abadie, Paul
- (from the article "Paris") ...paid for by national subscription after the French defeat by the Prussians in 1870, during the Franco-German War. The work began in 1876 but was delayed by the death of the architect, Paul Abadie, who took inspiration from the 12th-century ...
- Abae
- ancient town in the northeast corner of Phocis, Greece. The town was famous for its oracle of Apollo, which was one of those consulted by the Lydian king Croesus. Although the Persians sacked and burned the temple in 480 BC, ...
- Abahai
- Manchurian tribal leader who in 1636 became emperor of the Manchu, Mongols, and Chinese in Manchuria (Northeast China). In addition, for his family he adopted the name of Qing ("Pure"), which also became the name of the Chinese dynasty (1644-1911/12) ... [2 Related Articles]
- Abaiang Atoll
- coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Comprising six islets in the northern Gilberts, the atoll has a lagoon (16 miles by 5 miles [26 km by 8 km]) that provides sheltered anchorage. ...
- Abaj Takalik
- (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") ...(4) such iconographic elements as a U-shaped motif, and (5) a cluttered, baroque, and painterly relief style that emphasizes narrative. An important site pertaining to this Izapan culture is Abaj Takalik, on the Pacific slopes of Guatemala, to the east ...
- Abajo Mountains
- volcanic segment of the Colorado Plateau, in San Juan county, southeastern Utah, U.S. Abajo Peak (11,362 feet [3,463 metres]) is the highest point in the mountains, which comprise eight summits and are embraced by the Manti-LaSal National Forest. The heavily ...
- Abakaliki
- town, capital of Ebonyi state, southeastern Nigeria. It lies at the intersection of roads from Enugu, Afikpo, and Ogoja. An agricultural trade centre (yams, cassava, rice, and palm oil and kernels) for the Igbo (Ibo) people, the town is located ...
- Abakan
- city and administrative centre of the republic of Khakassia, south-central Russia. The city lies on the left bank of the Abakan River near its confluence with the Yenisey River. The starting point of a southern Siberian railway line (opened in ...
- Abakan
- (from the article "Abakanowicz, Magdalena") ...Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1954). She began working as an independent artist in 1956 and initially earned success for large, three-dimensional woven sculptures known as Abakans, a derivation of her family name. These monumental, often ...
- Abakan River
- (from the article "Yenisey River") The largest tributaries of the upper and middle Yenisey are the Khemchik and Abakan rivers from the left and the Tuba River from the right. Fed chiefly by rainwater and melting snow, they begin their spring high water in late ...
- Abakanowicz, Bruno Abdank
- (from the article "integraph") ...plotting the integral of a graphically defined function. Two such instruments were invented independently about 1880 by the British physicist Sir Charles Vernon Boys and the Lithuanian mathematician Bruno Abdank Abakanowicz and were later modified and improved by others. The ...
- Abakanowicz, Magdalena
- Polish artist whose massive series of sculptures earned her international acclaim. [2 Related Articles]
- Abako Party
- (from the article "Congo") ...was the publication in 1956 of a political manifesto calling for immediate independence. Penned by a group of Bakongo evolues affiliated to the Alliance des Bakongo (ABAKO), an association based in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), the manifesto was ...
- Abakumov, V. S.
- (from the article "Leningrad Affair") ...noted that the charges of treason and conspiracy levied against the victims of the purge had been fabrications. He charged that Lavrenty P. Beria, the late chief of security police, and V.S. Abakumov, minister of state security (1947-51), had been ...
- abalone
- any of several marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) constituting the genus Haliotis and family Haliotidae, in which the shell has a row of holes on its outer surface. Abalones are found in warm seas worldwide. The dishlike ... [3 Related Articles]
- Abancay
- city, southern Peru. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Marino River at 7,798 feet (2,377 metres) above sea level, in a cool, dry intermontane basin. The exact date of the founding of Abancay (from the Quechua
- abandonment
- in Anglo-American property law, the relinquishment of possession of property with an intent to terminate all ownership interests in that property. Abandonment may occur by throwing away the property, by losing it and making no attempt to retrieve it, by ...
- abandonment clause
- (from the article "insurance") If salvaging or rehabilitating a ship or cargo following a marine loss costs more than the goods are worth, the loss is said to be constructively total. Under such conditions, the ocean marine policy permits the insured to abandon the ...
- abangan
- (from the article "Dewantoro, Ki Hadjar") ...by the late 1930s subsidized by the Dutch colonial government. Based on traditional Javanese concepts, the Taman Siswa schools appealed primarily to those segments of Indonesian society termed abangan, in which the Islamic faith is less deeply entrenched. Dewantoro continued ...
- Abani, Chris
- (from the article "Literature") ...Ages. Sherman Alexie also delivered two books-the novel Flight and a young-adult fiction titled The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Nigerian-born fiction writer Chris Abani had two offerings-the full-length novel The Virgin of Flames and the short novel ...
- Abaoji
- leader of the nomadic Mongol-speaking Khitan tribes who occupied the northern border of China. [2 Related Articles]
- Abary River
- (from the article "Guyana") ...the Essequibo, the Potaro, Mazaruni, and Cuyuni drain the northwest, and the Rupununi drains the southern savanna. The coast is cut by shorter rivers, including the Pomeroon, Mahaica, Mahaicony, and Abary.
- Abashidze, Aslan
- (from the article "Ajaria") ...autonomous republic of the U.S.S.R.; following the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., it became part of the newly independent country of Georgia. From 1991 to 2004, the region was under the leadership of Aslan Abashidze, a pro-Russian ruler from a distinguished ...
- Abasiyanik, Sait Faik
- short-story writer, a major figure in modern Turkish literature. [1 Related Articles]
- Abasto
- (from the article "Buenos Aires") Abasto and Once are quintessential working-class neighbourhoods; both are located west of Avenida 9 de Julio. Carlos Gardel, one of Argentina's renowned tango singers, lived in Abasto. Once is famous for its Art Deco buildings. To the north of Once ...
- Abate, Carmen
- (from the article "Literature") Carmine Abate continued his exploration of the consequences and meanings of emigration in La festa del ritorno. The life of the young protagonist is punctuated by the return visits of his father from France, to which the family's financial situation ...
- Abate, Niccolo dell'
- painter of the Bolognese school who, along with others, introduced the post-Renaissance Italian style of painting to France and helped to inspire the French classical school of landscape painting. [1 Related Articles]
- abatement
- in law, the interruption of a legal proceeding upon the pleading by a defendant of a matter that prevents the plaintiff from going forward with the suit at that time or in that form. Pleas in abatement raise such matters ...
- Abauzit, Firmin
- scholar who contributed to a French translation of the New Testament.
- Abaza
- (from the article "Abkhaz") ...dialect, are found around the Bzyb River; the Abzhui Abkhaz, on whose dialect the literary language is based, live near the Kodori River; and the Zamurzakan Abkhaz are found in the southeast. The Abaza people, who speak a similar language, ...
- Abaza language
- language spoken primarily in the western part of the Caucasus Mountains and in northeastern Turkey. Abaza is related to Abkhaz, Adyghian, Kabardian (Circassian), and Ubykh, which constitute the Abkhazo-Adyghian, or Northwest Caucasian, language group. These languages are noted for the ... [4 Related Articles]
- Abaza, Mahmud
- (from the article "Egypt") ...to take over the party headquarters by force, which led to clashes that resulted in injuries to 23 persons and the arrest and jailing of Gomaa and 14 of his supporters. The New Wafd Party elected Mahmud Abaza, a highly ...
- Abba
- (from the article "Europop") ...broader appeal. Boney M, a foursome from the Caribbean (via Britain and The Netherlands) brought together by German producer Frank Farian, sold 50 million records in 1976-78; the Swedish group Abba had 18 consecutive European Top Ten hits following their ...
- Abba Arika
- (from the article "Samuel of Nehardea") Babylonian amora (scholar), head of the important Jewish academy at Nehardea. His teachings, along with those of Rav (Abba Arika, head of the academy at Sura), figure prominently in the Babylonian Talmud.establishment of'alenu
- Abba Ewostatewos
- (from the article "Ethiopia") ...benefices. Such power allowed the monasteries at times to intervene in disputes over succession to the Solomonid throne and even openly to fight the reigning monarch. On the other hand, the monk Abba Ewostatewos (c. 1273-1352) preached isolation from corrupting ...
- Abbadid dynasty
- Muslim-Arab dynasty of Andalusia that arose in Sevilla (Seville) in the 11th century, in the period of the factions, or "party kingdoms" (ta'ifahs), following the downfall of the caliphate of Cordoba.
- Abbadie, Antoine-Thomson d'
- (from the article "Abbadie, Antoine-Thomson d'; and Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel d'") Their parents, a French father and an Irish mother, moved to France in 1818. In 1835 the French Academy sent Antoine on a scientific mission to Brazil. Arnaud spent some time in Algeria before the two brothers started for Ethiopia ...
- Abbadie, Antoine-Thomson d'; and Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel d'
- two brothers who, as geographers and travelers, conducted extensive investigations of the geography, geology, archaeology, and natural history of Ethiopia.
- Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel d'
- (from the article "Abbadie, Antoine-Thomson d'; and Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel d'") Their parents, a French father and an Irish mother, moved to France in 1818. In 1835 the French Academy sent Antoine on a scientific mission to Brazil. Arnaud spent some time in Algeria before the two brothers started for Ethiopia ...
- Abbado, Claudio
- Italian conductor and music director of the Vienna State Opera (1986-91) and principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1971), the London Symphony Orchestra (1979-88), and the Berlin Philharmonic (from 1989).
- Abbagnano, Nicola
- (from the article "Existentialism") ...is Jose Ortega y Gasset; that of Russian Idealistic Existentialism is Nikolay Berdyayev (who, however, lived half of his adult life in France); and that of Italian Existentialism is Nicola Abbagnano. The linguistic differences, however, are not decisive for a ...
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