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(Encyclopedia) Shubael sho͞oˈbāl, sho͞obāˈəl [key], variant of Shebuel. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wusu wo͞o-so͞o [key], town and oasis, N Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, in the Dzungarian basin. It is an oil-producing center in the great Karamay oil fields. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tsuchiura tso͝ochēˈo͞orä [key], city (1990 pop. 127,471), Ibaraki prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area, it is a commercial and cultural center. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tsuruoka tso͞oro͞oˈôkä [key], city (1990 pop. 99,889), Yamagata prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan. An agricultural center, Tsuruoka produces candles, textiles, sake, and agricultural machines. ...

(Encyclopedia) Barhumite bärhyo͞oˈmīt, bärˈhyo͞o– [key]: see Bahurim. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fonseca, Manuel Deodoro da mänwĕlˈ dēo͝oᵺôˈro͝o dä fo͝onsĕˈkə [key], 1827–92, first president of Brazil (1891). A leader of the discontented militarists who helped overturn the empire...

(Encyclopedia) Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanga kĭnˌchənjo͝ongˈgə [key], mountain, on the India-Nepal border, E Himalayas; geologically regarded as part of the main axis of the Himalayan range. The third highest mo...

(Encyclopedia) Summerhill, radical progressive school in Leiston, Suffolk, England, and the educational movement based on principles developed at the school. The school was founded (1924) by A. S. Neill, who headed ...

(Encyclopedia) Behistun Inscription bēso͞oto͞onˈ, bēsə– [key], cuneiform text, the decipherment of which was the key to all cuneiform script and opened to scholars the study of the written works of ancient M...

(Encyclopedia) Udaipur māwärˈ [key], city and former princely state, now part of Rajasthan state, NW India. The Udaipur region, thickly wooded in the south and west, is mostly an alluvial plain watered by many in...