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- statesman who was independent Mauritania's first president (1961-78). He was noted for his progress in unifying his ethnically mixed, dispersed, and partly nomadic people under his authoritarian but enlightened rule. [3 Related Articles]
- Daddi, Bernardo
- Florentine painter of the early Italian Renaissance who was a pupil of Giotto and was influenced by Pietro Lorenzetti. Daddi's efforts to fuse the plastic qualities of Giotto's art with some aspects of Sienese art came to represent the dominant ...
- daddy longlegs
- any of about 7,000 species of arachnids that differ from spiders (order Araneida or Araneae) by the extreme length and thinness of the legs and by the shape of the body. Unlike true spiders, in which the body is divided ... [2 Related Articles]
- Dades River
- river in southern Morocco. It rises in the Atlas Mountains and flows south for 220 miles (350 km) through wild gorges to the Sahara, where it merges into the Draa River. The Dades River, especially its gorges, is a popular ...
- Dadie, Bernard Binlin
- Ivoirian poet, dramatist, novelist, and administrator whose works have been inspired both by traditional themes from Africa's past and by a need to assert the modern African's desire for equality, dignity, and freedom. [1 Related Articles]
- Dadin Kowa Dam
- (from the article "Gongola River") ...Cotton, peanuts (groundnuts), and sorghum are grown for export to other parts of the nation; but millet, beans, cassava, onions, corn (maize), and rice are also cultivated. The government built the Dadin Kowa Dam (completed 1984) on the river near ...
- Dadler, Sebastian
- (from the article "medal") The large struck propaganda medal was issued widely in northern Europe in the 17th century. The Thirty Years' War and later the Dutch wars with France and England stimulated such issues. Sebastian Dadler (1586-1657) was employed by the courts of ...
- dado
- in Classical architecture, the plain portion between the base and cornice of the pedestal of a column and, in later architecture, the paneled, painted, or otherwise decorated lower part of a wall, up to 2 or 3 feet (60 to ...
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- union territory of India, located in the western part of the country between the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, some 15 miles (24 kilometres) from the Arabian Sea and 80 miles north of Bombay. It consists of two sections: Dadra, ...
- Dadu
- Hindu-Muslim saint who inspired the formation of a sect called Dadu Panth. [2 Related Articles]
- Dadu
- town, Sindh province, southern Pakistan. The town lies just west of the Indus River, about 100 miles (160 km) north-northwest of Hyderabad. A distribution centre, it is connected by road and rail with Hyderabad, Karachi, and Quetta. Dadu has men's ...
- Dadu Panth
- (from the article "Dadu") Hindu-Muslim saint who inspired the formation of a sect called Dadu Panth.monasticismmonasticismHinduismOf the approximately 90 monastic orders in Hinduism, some 70 impose celibacy and a cenobitic rule o
- Dadullah, Mullah
- Afghan guerrilla commander was a notoriously ruthless senior leader of the Taliban insurgency. Dadullah, an ethnic Pashtun, fought against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. He rose to prominence in the 1990s with the Taliban army that conquered ... [1 Related Articles]
- Daector
- (from the article "toadfish") ...groups: true toadfishes, such as the oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), a common resident of shallow coastal waters along eastern North America; venomous toadfishes (Thalassophryne and Daector), found in Central and South America and notable for inflicting painful wounds with the ...
- Daedala
- ancient festival of Hera, consort of the supreme god Zeus. The Daedala was celebrated on Mount Cithaeron in Boeotia (in present-day central Greece). In the festival, a wooden image dressed as a bride was carried in procession, then burnt with ...
- Daedalic sculpture
- type of sculpture attributed to a legendary Greek artist, Daedalus, who is connected in legend both to Bronze Age Crete and to the earliest period of Archaic sculpture in post-Bronze Age Greece. The legends about Daedalus recognize him both as ... [2 Related Articles]
- Daedalus
- mythical Greek architect and sculptor, who was said to have built, among other things, the paradigmatic Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete. Daedalus fell out of favour with Minos and was imprisoned; he fashioned wings of wax and feathers for ... [3 Related Articles]
- Daehlie, Bjorn
- Norwegian cross-country skier who holds the Winter Olympic records for the most medals won and the most gold medals. His Olympic success, combined with his record in World Cup competition and world championships, marked him as arguably the greatest Nordic ... [4 Related Articles]
- Daemonorops
- (from the article "dragon's blood") red resin obtained from the fruit of several palms of the genus Daemonorops and used in colouring varnishes and lacquers. Once valued as a medicine in Europe because of its astringent properties, dragon's blood now is used as a varnish ...
- Daemonorops longispathus
- (from the article "palm") ...in another type of vegetation on the landward fringe of mangrove swamps in the western Malay Archipelago, where Oncosperma tigillarium and Calamus erinaceus (and, in Borneo, Daemonorops longispathus) are found. In the Amazon estuary Raphia taedigera covers extensive areas; other ...
- Daemonorops verticillaris
- (from the article "palm") ...formed when palms in a population die result in considerable soil turnover. Many palms accumulate leaf litter in their crowns (Asterogyne martiana, Eugeissona minor, Pinanga ridleyana, and Daemonorops verticillaris), presumably trapping important nutrients. Some palms (Orbignya phalerata) contribute large amounts ...
- daena
- (from the article "Iranian religion") ...is the ruvan that is held accountable for a person's actions during life and that suffers reward or punishment in the life to come. At the time of judgment the ruvan encounters the daina, which is an embodiment of the ...
- Daendels, Herman Willem
- soldier who fought with distinction in the army of the Batavian Republic (the Dutch Republic established by Revolutionary France) and later ably administered Dutch East Indian possessions. [1 Related Articles]
- Daeninckx, Didier
- (from the article "Literature") Another striking trend of French literature of 2006 was the profusion of historical novels. Didier Daeninckx published Itineraire d'un salaud ordinaire, which portrayed the long career of a policeman who began hunting protesters under the Vichy regime, collaborating in the ...
- daer tenure
- (from the article "Brehon laws") ...land itself but the right to graze cattle, and they sometimes even rented out the cattle themselves. There were two distinct methods of letting and hiring: saer ("free") and daer ("unfree"). The conditions of saer tenure were largely settled by ...
- Daewoo Group
- (from the article "automotive industry") ...and buses; it was part of the larger Hyundai Corporation, which had interests ranging from construction to shipbuilding. Kia, South Korea's second largest automaker, was acquired by Hyundai in 1999. Daewoo, owned by the Daewoo Group conglomerate, entered the automobile ...
- Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve
- (from the article "Yancheng") Yancheng National Nature Reserve (established 1983) and the smaller Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve (1986) encompass much of Jiangsu's Yellow Sea coastline north and south of Yancheng. They protect salt marsh and mudflat habitats and are home to large populations ...
- daffodil
- bulb-forming flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (q.v.), native to northern Europe and widely cultivated there and in North America. The daffodil grows to about 16 inches (41 cm) in height and has five or six leaves that grow ... [2 Related Articles]
- Daffy Duck
- cartoon character, a gangly, black-feathered duck whose explosive temperament and insatiable ego lead him into an endless series of comic misadventures. He is a cornerstone of the Warner Bros. stable of animated characters. [2 Related Articles]
- Dafoe, Allan Roy
- (from the article "Dionne quintuplets") ...providing profitable endorsements for products from cod-liver oil to typewriters and automobiles, and attracting hordes of tourists to northern Ontario. The attending physician, Allan Roy Dafoe (d. 1941), also became a celebrity. In 1935 Ontario made the quintuplets wards of ...
- Dafoe, John Wesley
- (from the article "Winnipeg Free Press") ...1872 by William F. Luxton and John A. Kenny as the Manitoba Free Press, the paper grew in circulation and influence during Canada's westward expansion in the 1880s. From 1901 its editor was John Wesley Dafoe, who guided the paper ...
- Dafydd ab Edmwnd
- poet who authoritatively classified and defined the 24 Welsh bardic metres (announced at the Carmarthen eisteddfod, or poets' assembly, about 1451). A master of bardic forms, he wrote elegant and technically perfect love lyrics, eulogies, and elegies. His works are ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dafydd ap Gwilym
- poet generally considered one of the greatest figures in Welsh literature. He introduced into a formalistic poetic tradition an authenticity, freshness, and naturalness hitherto unknown. [1 Related Articles]
- Dafydd Nanmor
- Welsh poet, master of the cywydd form (characterized by rhyming couplets), whose poems express his belief in tradition and aristocracy. Many of his poems reflect his support of the political aspirations of the Tudors; others are refined ... [1 Related Articles]
- daga
- (from the article "Great Zimbabwe") ...divided into three main areas: the Hill Complex, the Great Enclosure, and the Valley Ruins. The first two are characterized by mortarless stone construction, but they also include ruined daga (earthen and mud-brick) structures that may once ...
- Dagan
- West Semitic god of crop fertility, worshiped extensively throughout the ancient Middle East. Dagan was the Hebrew and Ugaritic common noun for "grain," and the god Dagan was the legendary inventor of the plow. His cult is attested as early ... [4 Related Articles]
- Dagana
- (from the article "Senegal River") From Bakel to Dagana, a distance of 385 miles, the river flows through an alluvial valley as much as 12 miles wide. Floods come in early September at Bakel, reaching Dagana by mid-October. During the flood season the water level ...
- Dagda
- in Celtic religion, one of the leaders of a mythological Irish people, the Tuatha De Danann ("People of the Goddess Danu"). The Dagda was credited with many powers and possessed a caldron that was never empty, fruit trees that were ... [3 Related Articles]
- Dagens Nyheter
- morning daily newspaper published in Stockholm. It is one of the largest and most influential newspapers in Sweden. It was founded in 1864 by Rudolf Wall. Dagens Nyheter has long been noted for its thorough coverage of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dagerman, Stig
- Swedish short-story writer, novelist, and playwright whose works, showing the influence of William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, and Dagerman's older compatriot, Eyvind Johnson, have been held to express a sense of Existentialist anguish.
- Dagestan
- republic in southern European Russia. Dagestan lies on the eastern end of the northern flank of the Greater Caucasus range, along the western shore of the Caspian Sea. The capital is Makhachkala. [2 Related Articles]
- Dagestan rug
- usually small floor covering woven in the republic of Dagestan in the eastern Caucasus (Russia). Dagestan rugs are finer than the Kazakh types, but less fine than rugs from the vicinity of Kuba to the south. While many of the ...
- Dagestanian languages
- group of languages spoken in the northeastern part of the Caucasus and including the Avar-Andi-Dido, the Lak-Dargin (Lak-Dargwa), and the Lezgian groups. One of the distinctive characteristics of a majority of these languages is the contrast of strong and weak ... [4 Related Articles]
- dagger
- short stabbing knife, ostensibly the diminutive of the sword, though in ancient and medieval times the distinction between a long dagger and a short sword was often obscure. From approximately 1300 the European dagger was consistently differentiated from the sword; ... [7 Related Articles]
- Daglarca, Fazil Husnu
- (from the article "Turkish literature") ...of brevity and wit; they occasionally refer obliquely to the Ottoman culture of the past. Sevgilerde (1976; "Among the Beloveds") is a collection of his earlier poetry. Fazil Husnu Daglarca wrote modernist poetry, often with a socialist outlook, while pursuing ...
- Dagly, Gerhard
- royal Kammerkunstler, or chamber artist, who, as one of the greatest craftsmen in European lacquer, was an important force behind the Baroque style.
- Dagly, Jacques
- (from the article "Dagly, Gerhard") In 1713, on the succession of Frederick William I to the Prussian crown, Dagly's world collapsed, for the new king severely stripped the court, considering art unnecessary and artists dispensable. Dagly then retired, being last heard from in the Rhineland ...
- Dagmar
- American comic actress (b. Nov. 29, 1921, Logan, W.Va.-d. Oct. 9, 2001, Ceredo, W.Va.), portrayed a stereotypical sexy dumb blonde in early 1950s television, most notably on the late-night talk show Broadway Open House, the prototype for The Tonight Show ...
- dagoba
- (from the article "architecture") Some architecture depends much more on mass expression than on space expression. The Egyptian pyramid, the Indian stupa, and the dagoba of Sri Lanka have no meaningful interior spaces; they are architectural in function and technique, sculptural in expression. The ...
- Dagobert I
- the last Frankish king of the Merovingian dynasty to rule a realm united in more than name only. [5 Related Articles]
- Dagobert II
- Merovingian Frankish king of Austrasia. [1 Related Articles]
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