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(Encyclopedia) Hoya hōˈyä [key], city, Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Shakoji River. I...

(Encyclopedia) Guadalupe gwäᵺälo͞oˈpā [key], city, Nuevo León state, NE Mexico, on the Santa Catalina ...

(Encyclopedia) Guadalajara gwäˌᵺälähäˈrä [key], city, capital of Jalisco state, SW Mexico, second largest city of ...

(Encyclopedia) Quadruple Alliance, any of several European alliances. The Quadruple Alliance of 1718 was formed by Great Britain, France, the Holy Roman emperor, and the Netherlands when Philip V of Spain, guided by...

(Encyclopedia) Zacatecas, city (1990 pop. 100,051), capital of Zacatecas state, N central Mexico. With an altitude of more than 8,000 ft (2,438 m), it is situated in a deep ravine surrounded by arid hills. The clima...

(Encyclopedia) Brest –lĭtôfskˈ [key], Pol. Brześć nad Bugiem, city, capital of Brest region, W Belaru...

(Encyclopedia) Granada gränäˈᵺä [key], city, W Nicaragua, on Lake Nicaragua. It is Nicaragua's third l...

(Encyclopedia) Claudel, Camille (Camille-Rosalie Claudel) kämēˈyə-rōzälēˈ klōdĕlˈ [key], 1864–1943, French sculptor. The sister of the writer Paul Claudel, she studied at the Colarossi Academy (now the ...

(Encyclopedia) John II (John the Good), 1319–64, king of France (1350–64), son and successor of King Philip VI. An inept ruler, he began his reign by executing the constable of France (whose office he gave to hi...

(Encyclopedia) Montrouge môNro͞ozhˈ [key], industrial suburb S of Paris (1990 pop. 38,333), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France. Papermaking, publishing, construction, aeronautics, and the manufacture of surgi...