(b. April 5, 1883, Malacca, Straits Settlements [now in Malaysia]-d. Dec. 8, 1960, Malacca, Malaya). Malaysian Chinese community leader, politician, and businessman.
Japanese wood-block prints hand-coloured with an orange-red tone. Tan-e were produced in the Edo period from the late 17th century through the first quarter of the 18th century by Ukiyo-e (q.v.) artists.
coastal chen (town) in western T'ai-pei hsien (county), northern Taiwan. It is located on the northern bank of the Tan-shui River, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taipei.
town, provincial capital, and province, Sud region, southwestern Morocco. The town, about 16 mi (25 km) by road east of the Atlantic Ocean in the extreme northwestern reaches of the Sahara, is a military post and market centre for the ...
city, southeastern Liaoning sheng (province), China. A prefecture-level municipality (shih), its territory includes not only the municipal area but also several counties (hsien) occupying the entire North Korean border zone of Liaoning. It is situated some 22 miles (35 km) ...
river, Kenya, flowing 440 miles (708 km) from its headwaters in the Aberdare Range and Mount Kenya to the Indian Ocean. Taking a northeasterly course at first, the river plunges over the Kitaru (Seven Forks) Falls (440 feet [134 m]) ...
largest lake of Ethiopia, in a depression of the northwest plateau, 6,000 ft (1,800 m) above sea level. It forms the main reservoir for the Blue Nile (Abbay) River, which drains its southern extremity near Bahir Dar. The lake's surface ...
Japanese philosopher of science who attempted to synthesize Buddhism, Christianity, Marxism, and scientific thought. He taught the philosophy of science at Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai from 1913 and later at Kyoto Imperial University, where he succeeded the foremost modern ...
any of numerous songbirds of New World forests and gardens, chiefly in the tropics, constituting most of the subfamily Thraupinae (formerly Tanagrinae), of the family Emberizidae. The subfamily includes 200 to 220 species, confined to the Americas.
city of ancient Boeotia, Greece. It is situated in northern Attica on the left bank of the Asopos River near Thebes and Chalcis (Khalkis). The nearly circular hill of the ancient ruined city, just southeast of the present village, was ...
any of the small terra-cotta figures dating primarily from the 3rd century BC, and named after the site in Boeotia, in east-central Greece, where they were found. Well-dressed young women in various positions, usually standing or sitting, are the main ...
any of more than 300 species of small, bottom-dwelling marine and brackish-water crustaceans constituting the order Tanaidacea (superorder Peracarida). Tanaids have a worldwide distribution; they are especially numerous in shallow marine habitats but also occur at considerable depths in the ...
a North American Indian people, the only northern Athabascan-speaking Indians occupying extensive portions of the seacoast. They lived chiefly in the drainage areas of Cook Inlet and Clark Lake in southern Alaska. Tanaina, meaning "people," was their own name for ...
Japanese scientist who, with John B. Fenn and Kurt Wuthrich, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002 for developing techniques to identify and analyze proteins and other large biological molecules.
a Malagasy people living in southeastern Madagascar who are separated from the coast by the Antaimoro and other ethnic groups. They are divided into two subgroups: the Tanala Menabe in the mountainous north and the Tanala Ikongo dwelling in the ...
a small Athabascan-speaking tribe of North American Indians that lived along the headwaters of the Tanana River in central Alaska. They were nomadic hunters, relying chiefly on caribou, moose, and mountain sheep for both food and clothing, and lived in ...
river, east-central Alaska, U.S. Its name is an Athabascan word meaning "river trail." An important tributary of the Yukon River, it rises from two headstreams, the Chisana and Nabesna rivers on the north side of the Alaska Range, and it ...
oaklike ornamental evergreen tree with tannin-rich bark. It is a member of the beech family (Fagaceae) and is native to coastal areas of southern Oregon and northern California.
long-necked lute played under various names from the Balkans to northwestern Asia. Closely resembling the ancient Greek pandoura and the long lutes of ancient Egypt and Babylon, it has a deep, pear-shaped body; a fretted neck; and 2 to 10 ...
city, southeastern Buenos Aires provincia (province), eastern Argentina. It is situated within the Pampa at the northern end of the Tandil Mountains, about 190 miles (305 km) south of Buenos Aires city. Tandil was founded in 1823 ...
an Indian method of cooking over a charcoal fire in a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven. Shaped like a large urn, a tandoor is at least one metre in height and is often sunk up to its neck in the ...
district, administrative and historic county of Surrey, England. It occupies southeastern Surrey and borders Greater London to the north, Kent to the east, and Sussex to the south. Tandridge lies within easy commuting distance of central London and has excellent ...
Irish politician, ineffectual revolutionary, and popular hero memorialized in the Irish ballad "The Wearing of the Green":I met with Napper Tandy,and he took me by the hand,And he said "How's poor old Ireland,and how does she stand?"
region of the Sahara lying in southern Algeria and northern Mali. Covering part of a plateau eastward toward the Ahaggar (Hoggar) uplands, it slopes to lower ground in the west, and farther southward lie swamps. The region lacks water, landmarks, ...
city and port, northeastern Tanzania, eastern Africa, located on the Pemba Channel of the Indian Ocean. The city itself was established on the coast by Persian traders in the 14th century, but early Iron Age sites in the nearby foothills ...
city, north-central Bangladesh. It lies just east of the Jamuna (Brahmaputra) River. Tangail is an important handloom and cotton-weaving centre and serves as a trading centre for the rice, jute, and oilseeds that are grown in the surrounding agricultural area. ...
second largest of the lakes of eastern Africa. It is the longest freshwater lake in the world (410 miles [660 km]) and the second deepest (4,710 feet [1,436 m]) after Lake Baikal in Russia. Comparatively narrow, varying in width from ...
in geometry, straight line (or smooth curve) that touches a given curve at one point; at that point the slope of the curve is equal to that of the tangent. A tangent line may be considered the limiting position of ...
(Citrus reticulata deliciosa), small, thin-skinned variety of orange belonging to the mandarin orange species of the family Rutaceae. Probably indigenous to Southeast Asia, tangerine culture spread westward along trade routes as far as the Mediterranean; in modern times, the fruit ...
ballroom dance, musical style, and song. The tango evolved about 1880 in dance halls and perhaps brothels in the lower-class districts of Buenos Aires, where the Spanish tango, a light-spirited variety of flamenco, merged with the milonga, ...
chartered city, Misamis Occidental province, northwestern Mindanao, Philippines. Located on the northern shore of Panguil Bay (an arm of Iligan Bay), it is just north of the narrow neck of land that connects Zamboanga del Sur province with the main ...
mythological first king of the Koreans, the grandson of Hwanin, the creator, and the son of Hwanung, who fathered his child by breathing on a beautiful young woman. Tangun reportedly became king in 2333 BC.
group of about 30 islands in Maluku Tenggara kabupaten (regency), Maluku provinsi ("province"), eastern Indonesia. The islands lie between the Banda and Arafura seas.
