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 Daman ... Dandakaranya Daman town, Daman and Diu union territory, western India. The town, together with numerous villages in ... Daman and Diu union territory of India, comprising two widely separated districts on the country's western coast. Daman, ... Damanganga (from the article "Dadra and Nagar Haveli") ...Haveli is undulating and hilly, reaching elevations of 1,000 feet in the northeast and east ... Damanhur city, capital of Al-Buhayrah muhafazah (governorate) in the western Nile River delta, ... Damaraland historical region of Namibia; the name is in part a misnomer, as it was originally ... Damaran Belt (from the article "Precambrian time") ...and Pilbara blocks in Western Australia. Linear belts, up to several thousand kilometres long, that ... Damari, Shoshana Israeli singer (b. 1923, Damar, Yemen-d. Feb. 14, 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel), introduced pop music ... damaru (from the article "drum") ...by a network of thongs. 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The Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians) and the sub-Carpathians ... Dambovita River (from the article "Arges River") ...across the Danube Plain to enter the Danube near Oltenita. Its length is 203 miles ... dambuster (from the article "Wallis, Sir Barnes") British aeronautical designer and military engineer who invented the innovative "dambuster" bombs used in World ... dame school small private school for young children run by women; such schools were the precursors of ... dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis), Eurasian plant of the mustard family (Brassicaceae) that is widely naturalized in North ... Dameron, Tadd black American jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader, especially noted during the bop era for ... Dames Point Bridge (from the article "bridge") ...360 metres (1,200 feet). It, too, employs a single plane of cables, but these remain ... Damghan town, northern Iran. It lies at an elevation of 3,900 feet (1,200 metres), just southeast ... Damiao, Frei , Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic monk who walked from town to town in northeastern Brazil ... Damien, Father Belgian priest who devoted his life to missionary work among the Hawaiian lepers. [1 Related Articles] Damiens, Robert-Francois French fanatic who in 1757 made an unsuccessful attempt on the life of King Louis ... Damietta city, capital of Dumyat muhafazah (governorate), in the Nile River delta, Lower ... [2 Related Articles] Damietta (from the article "Nile River") ...distributaries. The flow has since been controlled and redirected, so that the river now flows ... Daming calendar (from the article "Zu Gengzhi") Beginning in 504, Zu Gengzhi actively advocated his father's calendar (the Daming calendar) and finally ... Damir, Al- town, northeastern Sudan. It lies on the right (east) bank of the Nile River, about ... Damiri, ad- Muslim theologian, best known for his encyclopaedia of animals. Dammam, Al- city, eastern Saudi Arabia. It lies on the Persian Gulf northwest of Bahrain Island and ... [1 Related Articles] dammar any of a variety of hard varnish resins obtained from coniferous and hardwood trees characteristic ... [1 Related Articles] Dammartin medieval French countship, whose seat was at Dammartin-en-Goele, northwest of Meaux (in the modern departement ... Dammastock (from the article "Uri") ...of the canton's area is reckoned as productive. Forests occupy part of the canton, and ... dammusa (from the article "Arabian Desert") ...locusts and other insects. Many lizards, including skinks, geckos, agamids, and collared lizards, are found ... damnatio memoriae (from the article "ancient Rome") ...also renounced their allegiance, Nero lost his nerve and committed suicide. He brought the Julio-Claudian ... damnation (from the article "The Protestant Heritage") ...of people are not saved, does this not mean that God is responsible for creating ... Damnonii (from the article "Clackmannanshire") The early inhabitants belonged to the great Celtic tribe known to the Romans as Damnonii; ... Damocles a courtier of Dionysius I of Syracuse, in Sicily, tyrant from 405 to 367 BC. ... Damodar River river in northeastern India, rising with its many tributaries, notably the Bokaro and Konar, in ... Damodar Valley (from the article "Chota Nagpur") ...in its entirety lies between the basins of the Ganges and Son rivers to the ... Damodar Valley Corporation (from the article "Burdwan") ...and swampy. The western region is one of the busiest industrial tracts in West Bengal, ... Damoh town, central Madhya Pradesh state, central India. An agricultural trade centre, it has industries that ... Damon (from the article "Pericles") The only name associated with his early education is that of the musical theorist Damon, ... Damon, Matt American actor, screenwriter, and producer, who was noted for his clean-cut good looks and intelligent ... Damophon ancient Greek sculptor of Messene, who executed many statues at Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium, and other ... damoz (from the article "Amhara") Descent is reckoned patrilineally, and married couples usually reside near the husband's home. The Amhara ... damp-fold drapery (from the article "painting, Western") ...artists to a more organic, if expressively attenuated, conception of the human body. Drapery is ... damped vibration (from the article "mechanics") The simple harmonic oscillations discussed above continue forever, at constant amplitude, oscillating as shown in ... damper (from the article "piano") ...are therefore much louder than were those of the 18th century, an increase in loudness ... damper winding (from the article "electric motor") This additional rotor winding is usually referred to as a damper winding because of its ... Dampier town and port in Roebourne shire, northwestern Western Australia, on Nickol Bay (an inlet of ... 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Damrei Mountains north-south-trending range of high hills, an offshoot of the Kravanh Mountains, southwestern Cambodia. Extending 70 ... [1 Related Articles] Damrong Rajanubhab Thai prince, son of King Mongkut and brother of King Chulalongkorn. He was the founder ... Damrosch, Walter Prussian-born American orchestral conductor and composer whose activities spanned more than half a century of ... damsel bug any predacious insect in the true bug order, Heteroptera, that feeds on insect eggs, aphids, ... [1 Related Articles] damselfish any of about 250 species of small, primarily tropical marine fishes of the family Pomacentridae ... [1 Related Articles] damselfly any of a group of predatory, aerial insects that are in the order Odonata. Damselflies ... [2 Related Articles] Damson plum (from the article "plum") ...Sea. According to the earliest writings in which the plum is mentioned, the species is ... Damu in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian deity, city god of Girsu, east of Ur in the southern ... [1 Related Articles] Damu (from the article "Damu") The cult of Damu influenced and later blended with the similar cult of Tammuz the ... damyan (from the article "Central Asian arts") ...specific instruments and repertoire. There appears to be a great deal of both Indian-related and ... Dan one of the 12 tribes of Israel that in biblical times comprised the people of ... [1 Related Articles] Dan an ethnolinguistic grouping of people inhabiting the mountainous west-central Cote d'Ivoire and adjacent areas of ... [3 Related Articles] Dan Flavin Art Institute (from the article "Flavin, Dan") ...and scale of his pieces depending on the space. From 1983 to 1988 he renovated ... Dan Patch (foaled 1896), American harness racehorse (Standardbred), a nearly legendary horse in his time, who established ... Dan River (from the article "Jordan River") ...which rises in Lebanon, near Hasbayya, at an elevation of 1,800 feet (550 metres). From ... Dan Takuma manager of the giant Mitsui zaibatsu, the greatest of the family-owned combines in pre-World War ... dana (from the article "Buddhism") ...appear independently within the tradition. The veneration of the Buddha or Buddha figure is a ... Dana, Charles A. American journalist who became a national figure as editor of the New ... [2 Related Articles] Dana, Francis (from the article "Adams, John Quincy") In 1781, at age 14, Adams accompanied Francis Dana, United States envoy to Russia, as ... Dana, James D American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist who, in explorations of the South Pacific, the U.S. Northwest, ... [1 Related Articles] Dana, Richard Henry American lawyer and author of the popular autobiographical narrative Two Years Before the Mast. Danae (from the article "Perseus") in Greek mythology, the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa and the rescuer of Andromeda from ... Danaea (from the article "fern") ...eusporangiate, in sori, or more or less coalescent in synangia (clusters); homosporous; mostly massive, fleshy ... Danaid (from the article "Danaus") in Greek legend, son of Belus, king of Egypt, and twin brother of Aegyptus. Driven ... Danao city, eastern Cebu island, Philippines, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Cebu City. It ... Danapur town, northern Bihar state, northeastern India, on the Ganges River. It is a major road ... Danaus in Greek legend, son of Belus, king of Egypt, and twin brother of Aegyptus. Driven ... Danbury city, coextensive with the town (township) of Danbury, Fairfield county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S. It lies ... Danbury Hatters' Case U.S. Supreme Court case in which unions were held to be subject to the antitrust ... Danby, Ken Canadian painter was best known for paintings that featured brilliant colours and were emblematic of ... dance (from the article "hymenopteran") The highly integrated activities of the Hymenoptera colony require sophisticated methods of passing information among ... dance the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a ... [66 Related Articles] dance drama (from the article "Indonesia") Some theatrical traditions incorporate dance to such an extent that they are typically termed "dance-dramas." ... dance fly any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, that are named ... dance notation the recording of dance movement through the use of written symbols. [4 Related Articles] dance paddle (from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") ...stand out. Among the items carved were mortars and spatulas used to prepare betel nut; ... Dance Repertory Theatre (from the article "Tamiris, Helen") ...began to develop her own approach and in 1927 made her concert debut. She toured ... Dance Theatre of Harlem (from the article "dance, Western") ...areas, often without music. Her later work melded classical ballet and jazz with modern dance. ... Dance Theatre Workshop (from the article "Performing Arts") Celebrating its 40th anniversary as a crucible of experimental work, Dance Theatre Workshop in May ... Dance Umbrella (from the article "Performing Arts") The biggest event on the modern dance scene was Merce Cunningham's Ocean, which opened the ... Dance, George, the Younger British architect who was responsible for extensive urban redevelopment in London. He was a founding ... [2 Related Articles] dance, Western history of Western dance from ancient times to the present and including the development of ... 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Danckelmann, Eberhard (from the article "Brandenburg") ...himself with other German princes against Louis XIV of France, and afterward fought on the ... Dancourt, Florent Carton actor and playwright who created the French comedy of manners and was one of the ... [1 Related Articles] danda (from the article "India") The existence of the state was primarily dependent on two factors: danda ... Dandak Forest (from the article "Dandakaranya") ...Pradesh, Orissa, and Andhra Pradesh states. It has dimensions of about 200 miles (320 km) ... Dandakaranya physical region in east-central India. Extending over an area of about 35,600 square miles (92,300 ...

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