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(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron, 1881–1964, British field marshal. He served in the South African War and World War I and in 1939 became commander of the British forces in Egypt. He led the...
(Encyclopedia) Ada
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[key], city (2020 pop. 16,481), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a
large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. The c...
(Encyclopedia) Beachy Head, high chalk cliffs (575 ft/175 m), on the south coast of East Sussex, S England. The battle of Beachy Head, in the War of the Grand Alliance, was fought (1690) between an Anglo-Dutch fleet...
(Encyclopedia) pith, in botany, core of the stem of most plants. Pith is composed of large, loosely packed food-storage cells. As the stem grows older the pith usually dries out, and in some it disintegrates and the...
(Encyclopedia) Alpes-Maritimes
älp-märētēmˈ
[key], department, SE France, bounded by Italy on the east and the Mediterranean Sea on the
south and surrounding the independent princip...
(Encyclopedia) Anadyr ənədĭrˈ [key], river, c.695 mi (1,120 km) long, rising on the Anadyr Plateau, NE Russian Far East, and flowing S then E into Anadyr Bay, an inlet of the Bering Sea. The Anadyr basin, a lowl...
(Encyclopedia) Hadad āˈdăd [key], ancient weather god of Semitic origin, worshiped in Babylonia and Assyria. Important throughout the Middle East, he was worshiped under many names. As god of the storm, he was, a...
(Encyclopedia) Haddington, town, East Lothian, SE
Scotland. It has a large corn exchange. Farm machinery and textiles are
manufactured, flour is milled, and grain is m...
(Encyclopedia) Arminius ärmĭnˈēəs [key], d. a.d. 21, leader of the Germans, called Hermann in modern German. He was a chief of the Cherusci (in an area of present-day Hanover) when the Romans were pushing east ...
(Encyclopedia) Lyons, Second Council of, 1274, 14th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. It was summoned by Pope Gregory X to discuss problems in the Holy Land, to remove the schism of East and West, and...