Spanish historian, statesman, and prime minister, whose political activity brought about the restoration of Spain's Bourbon dynasty. He was the author of Spain's 1876 constitution. [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Canso, Strait of") ...Georges Bay and the Northumberland Strait. It is about 17 miles (27 km) long and averages 2 miles (3 km) in width, with depths of more than 200 feet (60 m). Since 1955 the 7,000-foot (2,100-metre) Canso Causeway, carrying rail ...
a channel separating Cape Breton Island from the Nova Scotia, Canada, mainland, leading from Chedabucto Bay (an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean) to St. Georges Bay and the Northumberland Strait. It is about 17 miles (27 km) long and averages ...
(from the article "slang") Other related types of nonstandard word usage include cant and jargon, synonyms for vague and high-sounding or technical and esoteric language not immediately intelligible to the uninitiate. In England, the term cant still indicates the specialized speech of criminals, which, ...
ancient Iberian tribe with a strong Celtic element; its people were subdued by the Romans after protracted campaigns beginning before 200 BC. Their homelands lay among the Cantabrian Mountains along the northern coast of Spain. Regarded as the fiercest people ... [1 Related Articles]
comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain, coextensive with the northern Spanish provincia (province) of Cantabria. Cantabria is bounded by the Bay of Biscay to the north and by the autonomous communities ... [1 Related Articles]
provincia (province) in Cantabria comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), northern Spain, bordering the Bay of Biscay. It is popularly known as La Montana ("The Mountain") for its highlands that increase in elevation toward the south. ...
mountain chain generally extending along the northern coast of Spain for approximately 180 miles (300 km). Scenic and well forested (with beeches and maritime pines), the mountains are of geologically similar origin to the Pyrenees, though classified as a separate ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Spain") The same period saw a progressive reduction in the number of Roman troops stationed in the peninsula. During the Cantabrian War under Augustus the number of legions had risen to seven or eight, but these were reduced to three by ...
(from the article "Auvergne") ...region and historical region of France encompassing the central departements of Allier, Puy-de-Dome, Cantal, and Haute-Loire. Auvergne is bounded by the regions of Centre and Burgundy (Bourgogne) to the north, Rhone-Alpes ...
(from the article "Auvergne") ...point in central France. The Vivarais Mountains top out at Mount Mezenc, 5,751 feet (1,753 metres) above Haute-Loire, while in Cantal, an area of high plateaus, volcanic peaks rise to the Plomb du Cantal, at 6,096 feet (1,858 metres). In ...
(Agave cantala), plant of the family agave (Agavaceae) and its fibre, belonging to the leaf-fibre group, obtained from plant leaves. The plant has been cultivated in the Philippines since 1783 and was growing in Indonesia and India by the early ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Comparing Apples and Oranges: A Nutrient Scorecard") Cantalupensis group, the cantaloupes (named for Cantalupo, near Rome, where these melons were early grown from southwestern Asian stock), characterized by rough warty rind and sweet orange flesh;
American businessman (b. Nov. 14, 1943, Oak Park, Ill.-d. April 19, 2004, Orlando, Fla.), established the McDonald's Corp. as an international presence and revived the slumping fast-food giant during his second term as the company's CEO. A graduate of the ...
in Spanish literature, originally, the lyrics of a song. The word was later used for a number of different poetic forms. In modern times it has been used specifically for an octosyllabic quatrain in which assonance occurs in the even-numbered ... [1 Related Articles]
Spanish epic poem of the mid-12th century, the earliest surviving monument of Spanish literature and generally considered one of the great medieval epics and one of the masterpieces of Spanish literature. [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Spanish literature") Folk epics, known as cantares de gesta ("songs of deeds") and recited by jongleurs, celebrated heroic exploits such as the Cid's. Medieval historiographers often incorporated prose versions of these cantares in their chronicles, Latin ...
(from Italian cantare, "to sing"), originally, a musical composition intended to be sung, as opposed to a sonata, a composition played instrumentally; now, loosely, any work for voices and instruments. [9 Related Articles]
(Andalusian Spanish: "deep song," or "grand song"), the most serious and deeply moving variety of flamenco, or Spanish Gypsy song. The cante jondo developed a distinctive melodic style, the foremost characteristics of which are a narrow range, a predilection for ... [2 Related Articles]
a three-beat collected gait of a horse during which one or the other of the forelegs and both hind legs lead practically together, followed by the other foreleg and then a complete suspension when all four legs are off the ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Canterbury") ...city in the administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England. Its cathedral has been the primary ecclesiastical centre of England since the early 7th century CE. The city, a district within the administrative county of Kent, includes the town ...
historic town and surrounding city in the administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England. Its cathedral has been the primary ecclesiastical centre of England since the early 7th century CE. The city, a district within the administrative county of ... [4 Related Articles]
regional council, east-central South Island, New Zealand, centred on the Canterbury Plains. The region borders the Pacific Ocean to the east, extends southward from the vicinity of Kaikoura to the Waitaki River, and includes the city of Christchurch and Banks ...
in the Church of England, ecclesiastical assemblies of the provinces of Canterbury and of York that meet two or three times a year and, since the mid-19th century, have been concerned particularly with the reform of the canons of ecclesiastical ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "bellflower") ...forms loosely open mats on alpine screes. Bethlehem stars (C. isophylla), a trailing Italian species often grown as a pot plant, bears sprays of star-shaped violet, blue, or white flowers. Canterbury bell (C.medium), a southern European biennial, has large ...
(from the article "crypt") Crypts were highly developed in England throughout the Romanesque and Gothic periods. At Canterbury the crypt (dating from 1100) forms a large and complex church, with apse and chapels, and the extreme east end, under Trinity chapel, is famous as ...
(from the article "Football") In May New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders outplayed Australia's New South Wales Waratahs 35-25 and lifted the last Super 12 trophy (the tri-nation tournament would expand to 14 teams in 2006). Many of the Crusaders players, including Justin Marshall, Daniel Carter, ...
(from the article "canter") Essentially a slow, collected gallop that averages from five to nine miles an hour, the canter, which is popular for horse shows and park rides, is said to be derived from the Canterbury gallop, a pace set by horseback-riding monks ...
lowland area of east-central South Island, New Zealand. The plains cover an area of 150 by 45 miles (240 by 70 km) bordering on the Pacific Ocean. The Rangitata, Rakaia, and Waimakariri are the principal rivers, flowing east from the ... [1 Related Articles]
in the Church of England, the primate of all England and archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury, which approximately includes the area of England south of the former counties of Cheshire and Yorkshire. In ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Scotland") ...his capture on a raid into England, he was forced to become feudally subject to the English king by the Treaty of Falaise (1174); he was able, however, to buy back his kingdom's independence by the Quitclaim of Canterbury (1189), ...
(from the article "Guesclin, Bertrand du") After fighting a duel with Sir Thomas Canterbury at the successful defense of the city of Rennes against an English siege in 1356-57, du Guesclin was awarded a pension by the Dauphin (the future king Charles V) in December 1357. ...
(from the article "fungus") ...may fuse to form large masses; includes ear fungus and black jelly roll; example genera include Auricularia, Exidia, and Bourdotia. Saprobic; basidia have unusual shapes; hyphae may be thin-walled ...
(from the article "mushroom") ...in growth habit. One club fungus, the cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa), has flattened clustered branches that lie close together, giving the appearance of the vegetable cauliflower. The cantharelloid fungi (Cantharellus and its relatives) are club-, cone-, or trumpet-shaped mushroom-like forms ...
(from the article "aphrodisiac") ...drugs such as alcohol or marijuana, which may lead to sexual excitation through disinhibition, modern medical science recognizes a very limited number of aphrodisiacs. These are, principally, cantharides and yohimbine, both of which stimulate sexual arousal by irritating the urinary ...
(from the article "puffer") Related to the puffers are about 12 species, also capable of inflating themselves, known as the sharp-nosed puffers. These fishes, which comprise the genus Canthigaster and the family Canthigasteridae, are found throughout the world. They are small fishes with rather ...
(from the article "eye, human") ...folds of tissue covering the front of the orbit and, when the eye is open, leaving an almond-shaped aperture. The points of the almond are called canthi; that nearest the nose is the inner canthus, and the other is the ...
(from Latin canticulum, diminutive of canticum, "song"), a scriptural hymn text, used in various Christian liturgies, that is similar to a psalm in form and content but appears apart from the book of Psalms. In the Old Testament there are ...
genre of 13th-century Spanish monophonic, or unison, song, often honouring the Virgin Mary. The most famous collection is a manuscript, the Cantigas de Santa Maria, compiled by King Alfonso X the Wise of Castile and Leon in the second half ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Portuguese literature") ...belong to the major categories of cantigas de amor ("songs of love"; a male voice singing of problems of love), cantigas de amigo ("songs of the lover"; a male poet singing in a female ...
(from the article "Portuguese literature") ...lyrical poem marked by a wistful sadness that runs throughout Portuguese literature. Of the many later poems that survive, most belong to the major categories of cantigas de amor ("songs of love"; a male voice singing of ...
(from the article "Portuguese literature") ...de amigo ("songs of the lover"; a male poet singing in a female voice to express a wide range of predicaments of love), and cantigas de escarnio e maldizer ("songs of mockery and vilification"). This body of ...
(from the article "Wheaton") Cantigny, a 500-acre (200-hectare) recreation area, includes gardens, golf courses, the First Division Museum (military history), and the Robert R. McCormick Museum (1896), a home built by newspaper publisher Joseph Medill. Inc. village, 1859; city, 1890. Pop. (2000) 55,416; (2006 ...
in late medieval and early Renaissance music, term for certain vocal forms as they were known in the 15th century; also a musical texture used widely in both secular and sacred compositions of that century. Cantilena style is characterized by ...
beam supported at one end and carrying a load at the other end or distributed along the unsupported portion. The upper half of the thickness of such a beam is subjected to tensile stress, tending to elongate the fibres, the ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "bridge") ...A cantilever bridge is generally made with three spans, of which the outer spans are both anchored down at the shore and cantilever out over the channel to be crossed. The central span rests on the cantilevered arms extending from ...
(from the article "bridge") In Asia, wooden cantilever bridges were popular. The basic design used piles driven into the riverbed and old boats filled with stones sunk between them to make cofferdam-like foundations. When the highest of the stone-filled boats reached above the low-water ...
