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(Encyclopedia) Victoria Falls, waterfall, c.1 mi (1.6 km) wide with a maximum drop of 420 ft (128 m), in the Zambezi River, S central Africa, on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border. The falls are formed as…
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(Encyclopedia) Victoria Land, part of E Antarctica, S of New Zealand; Cape Adare is to the northeast. Bounded on the E by the Ross Sea and on the W by Wilkes Land, it consists of ranges of the…
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(Encyclopedia) Victoria (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa), 1840–1901, empress of Germany, daughter of Victoria of England. In 1858 she married the German crown prince (later Emperor Frederick III).…
(Encyclopedia) Victoria, Tomás Luis deVictoria, Tomás Luis detōmäsˈ l&oomacr;ēsˈ dā vēktōˈryä [key], c.1548–1611, Spanish composer. He went to Rome in 1565 to study for the priesthood at the…
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