A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 abalone ... Abdul Rahman, Tuanku abalone any of several marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) constituting the genus Haliotis ... [3 Related Articles] Abancay city, southern Peru. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Marino River at ... abandonment in Anglo-American property law, the relinquishment of possession of property with an intent to terminate ... abandonment clause (from the article "insurance") If salvaging or rehabilitating a ship or cargo following a marine loss costs more than ... abangan (from the article "Dewantoro, Ki Hadjar") ...by the late 1930s subsidized by the Dutch colonial government. Based on traditional Javanese concepts, ... Abani, Chris (from the article "Literature") ...Ages. Sherman Alexie also delivered two books-the novel Flight and a young-adult fiction titled The ... Abaoji leader of the nomadic Mongol-speaking Khitan tribes who occupied the northern border of China. 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Abauzit, Firmin scholar who contributed to a French translation of the New Testament. Abaza (from the article "Abkhaz") ...dialect, are found around the Bzyb River; the Abzhui Abkhaz, on whose dialect the literary ... Abaza language language spoken primarily in the western part of the Caucasus Mountains and in northeastern Turkey. ... [4 Related Articles] Abaza, Mahmud (from the article "Egypt") ...to take over the party headquarters by force, which led to clashes that resulted in ... Abba (from the article "Europop") ...broader appeal. Boney M, a foursome from the Caribbean (via Britain and The Netherlands) brought ... Abba Arika (from the article "Samuel of Nehardea") Babylonian amora (scholar), head of the important Jewish academy at Nehardea. His teachings, along with ... Abba Ewostatewos (from the article "Ethiopia") ...benefices. Such power allowed the monasteries at times to intervene in disputes over succession to ... Abbadid dynasty Muslim-Arab dynasty of Andalusia that arose in Sevilla (Seville) in the 11th century, in the ... Abbadie, Antoine-Thomson d' (from the article "Abbadie, Antoine-Thomson d'; and Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel d'") Their parents, a French father and an Irish mother, moved to France in 1818. In ... Abbadie, Antoine-Thomson d'; and Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel d' two brothers who, as geographers and travelers, conducted extensive investigations of the geography, geology, archaeology, ... Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel d' (from the article "Abbadie, Antoine-Thomson d'; and Abbadie, Arnaud-Michel d'") Their parents, a French father and an Irish mother, moved to France in 1818. In ... Abbado, Claudio Italian conductor and music director of the Vienna State Opera (1986-91) and principal conductor of ... Abbagnano, Nicola (from the article "Existentialism") ...is Jose Ortega y Gasset; that of Russian Idealistic Existentialism is Nikolay Berdyayev (who, however, ... 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Abbott, Sir John lawyer, statesman, and prime minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892. Abbottabad city, east-central North-West Frontier Province, northern Pakistan. It is situated 38 miles (61 km) northeast ... Abbou, Mohammed (from the article "Tunisia") ...in 2007 to protest their confinement. At the end of July, however, 22 of those ... abbreviation in communications (especially written), the process or result of representing a word or group of ... [4 Related Articles] ABC tabloid daily newspaper published in Madrid and long regarded as one of Spain's leading papers. ... Abd al-Aziz sultan of Morocco from 1894 to 1908, whose reign was marked by an unsuccessful attempt ... [2 Related Articles] Abd al-Ghani Syrian mystic prose and verse writer on the cultural and religious thought of his time. Abd al-Hafid sultan of Morocco (1908-12), the brother of Sultan Abd al-Aziz, against whom he revolted beginning ... 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Abdallahi, Sidi Ould Cheikh (from the article "Mauritania") ...sq km (398,000 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 3,124,000 | Capital: Nouakchott | Chief ... Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem Trophy (from the article "African Cup of Nations") The African Cup of Nations was first held in February 1957 in Khartoum, Sudan, where ... Abdel Shafi, Haidar Palestinian nationalist was a founding member (1964-65) of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation ... Abdelkader amir of Mascara (from 1832), the military and religious leader who founded the Algerian state ... [9 Related Articles] Abdella, Ali Said (from the article "Eritrea") Eritrean Foreign Minister Ali Said Abdella died of a heart attack in August, before the ... Abdelmoumen, Melikah (from the article "Literature") ...were not idle. Confessional writing, or autofiction, was the order of the day. Marie-Sissi Labreche ... Abdera in ancient Greece, town on the coast of Thrace near the mouth of the Nestos ... 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