town in southwestern Greenland, on the 20-mi- (32-km-) long Arsuk Fjord, southeast of Frederikshab. Nearby is a large open-pit cryolite mine (deposit discovered in 1794) of major economic importance to Greenland. Although the mine was closed in 1963, the stockpiled ...
variety of dentin of which the tusk of the elephant is composed, prized for its beauty, durability, and suitability for carving. The tusk is the upper incisor and continues to grow throughout the lifetime of the male and female African ...
the carving or shaping of ivory into sculptures, ornaments, and decorative or utilitarian articles. Elephant tusks have been the main source of ivory used for such carvings, although the tusks of walrus and other ivory-bearing mammals have also been worked.
45-cm (18-inch) black-and-white bird with a flaring crest (red in the male) and a long whitish bill. It belongs to the family Picidae (order Piciformes). The species was thought to be extinct, though there were unconfirmed sightings of the bird ...
town and episcopal see, Torino province, Piemonte (Piedmont) region, northwestern Italy, on the Dora Baltea River, north of Turin. The importance of its gold mines led the Romans to seize the district from the Salassi in 143 BC. Ivrea was ...
industrial suburb southeast of Paris, in Val-de-Marne departement, Paris region, France. It is bounded on the northwest by the city limits of Paris and on the northeast by the Seine River, and it is served by the Paris subway. Its ...
any plant of the genus Hedera, with about five species of evergreen woody vines (rarely shrubs), in the ginseng family (Araliaceae). The name ivy especially denotes the commonly grown English ivy (H. helix), which climbs by aerial roots with adhering ...
a group of colleges and universities in the northeastern United States that are widely regarded as high in academic and social prestige: Harvard (established 1636), Yale (1701), Pennsylvania (1740), Princeton (1746), Columbia (1754), Brown (1764), Dartmouth (1769), and Cornell (1865). ...
city, Fukushima ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean. The city is divided into several sections that are located on the Abukuma Plateau and the alluvial plains of the Natsui and Same rivers. The northern section, which is known ...
city, Yamaguchi ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It is situated in the delta of the Nishiki River, facing Hiroshima Bay. A castle town founded in 1603 by the Kikkawa daimyo family, Iwakuni has grown into a major industrial city and is ...
city, central Hokkaido, Japan. It lies along the levee of the Ikushunbetsu River, northeast of Sapporo. It developed around the railway station built on the levee in 1882. With the opening of three other railway lines by 1914, Iwamizawa became ...
industrial entrepreneur who founded the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, the second largest of the family-owned industrial-financial combines that dominated the economic life of Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
ken (prefecture), northeastern Honshu, Japan, bordering the Pacific Ocean (east). The greater part of its area is mountainous, and the climate is cold. The fishing port of Miyako serves as the gateway to Rikuchu Coast National Park, which includes some ...
town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. It lies 6 miles (10 km) north of the Iwo station on the Lagos-Kano railway and at the intersection of roads from Ibadan, Oyo, and Ogbomosho, on a low hill at the edge of savanna ...
island that is part of the Volcano Islands archipelago, Japan. It lies in the western Pacific at a point about 760 miles (1,220 km) south-southeast of Tokyo. Iwo Jima is irregular in shape; it is about 5 miles (8 km) ...
Middle American Indians living in a single town, Santa Maria Ixcatlan, in northern Oaxaca, Mex. There were perhaps 10,000 Ixcatec before the Spanish conquest, but their numbers now remain stable at about 200. The Ixcatec language and culture are closely ...
commune, Brussels region, central Belgium. A southeastern suburb of Brussels, it is one of the 19 communes that make up Greater Brussels. Factories in Ixelles process metals and make chemicals and textiles. The former Cistercian Abbey of La Cambre (founded ...
in Greek legend, son either of the god Ares or of Phlegyas, king of the Lapiths in Thessaly. He murdered his father-in-law and could find no one to purify him until Zeus did so and admitted him as a guest ...
lake in northeastern Guatemala. The nation's largest lake, Izabal occupies part of the lowlands between the Santa Cruz Mountains to the northwest and the Minas and San Isidro mountains to the southwest and southeast. It is fed by the Polochic ...
volcano in western El Salvador. It is the most active volcano in Central America, having erupted more than 50 times since 1700. Its black symmetrical cone, which was formed by eruptions in 1770 and 1798, is devoid of vegetation and ...
(Japanese: "He Who Invites and She Who Invites"), the central deities in the Japanese creation myth. They were the eighth pair of brother and sister gods to appear after heaven and earth separated out of chaos. By standing on the ...
city and capital of Udmurtia, in west-central Russia, lying along the Izh River. Izhevsk was founded in 1760 as a centre of ironworking and later of armaments, and the city remains a major producer of steel, armaments, machine tools, building ...
city, Odessa oblast (province), southern Ukraine. It lies on the north bank of the main Danube distributary some 50 miles (80 km) from the Black Sea. The Turkish fortress established there in the 16th century was stormed by the Russians ...
in Islamic ceramics, a school of Turkish pottery making that flowered throughout the 16th and on into the 17th century. There may have been potteries at Iznik, where there were deposits of suitable clay, as early as the 12th century, ...
in Islam, the angel of death who separates souls from their bodies; he is one of the four archangels (with Jibril, Mikal, and Israfil). 'Izra'il is of cosmic size: with his 4,000 wings and a body formed by as many ...
municipio ("municipality"), northeastern Federal District, central Mexico. It is situated at an elevation of 7,418 feet (2,261 m) in the Valley of Mexico. Iztacalco was once simply the commercial centre of an agricultural (corn [maize], beans, oats, and alfalfa) and ...
dormant volcano situated on the Mexico-Puebla state line in central Mexico. It lies 10 miles (16 km) north of its twin, Popocatepetl, and 40 miles (65 km) south-southeast of Mexico City. Iztaccihuatl (from the Nahuatl for "white woman") has three ...
municipio ("municipality"), northeastern Federal District, central Mexico. It is situated at 7,480 feet (2,280 m) above sea level in the Valley of Mexico. It was formerly a city built on the site of an important pre-Columbian town. Overlooking the area ...
("Seven Islands of Izu"), archipelago off Honshu, Japan, stretching southward into the Pacific Ocean for about 190 miles (300 km) from Tokyo Bay. Administratively part of Tokyo to (metropolis), the volcanic islands are (north to south) O, To, Nii, Shikine, ...
peninsula in Shizuoka ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. The peninsula extends 37 miles (60 km) into the Pacific Ocean between Suruga Bay on the west and Sagami Gulf on the east. The entire peninsula is included within the Fuji Volcanic Zone. ...
prolific Japanese short-story writer who created his own romantic, often mystical world and peopled it with characters representing his ideal moral values.
city, Osaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It is situated facing Osaka Bay. An important port since the 8th century, it became a centre of cotton textile production during the Tokugawa period (1603-1867). Izumi-Otsu lost much of its function as ...
city, Osaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan. The city faces Osaka Bay. An important transportation centre during the Heian period (794-1185), the city became a market for cotton, agricultural produce, and fish. Industry has been expanding on reclaimed coastal land, ...
city, Shimane ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. First formed as a market town, it has been a commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural and stock-raising area since the 18th century. The city has also served as a hub of railway and ...
(Russian: "News of the Councils of Working People's Deputies of the U.S.S.R."), historically important Russian daily newspaper published in Moscow. The paper was published by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. and was the official national publication ...
diplomat who was responsible for a major Russian diplomatic defeat in the Balkans (1908-09) that increased tensions between Russia and Austria-Hungary prior to World War I.
city, Kharkiv oblast (province), eastern Ukraine. Izyum is located 75 miles (120 km) southeast of Kharkiv on the Donets River. The earliest historical mention of it dates as early as 1571; it has been a city since 1639. Izyum is ...
