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(h n´r k sh nky ´v ch) (KEY) , 1846–1916, Polish novelist and short-story writer. The best-known of Sienkiewicz’s vivid historical novels is Quo...
(sy r) (KEY) , Ger. Siders, town (1990 pop. 14,143), Valais canton, S Switzerland, on the Rhône River. A market town, it is the center of a rich hort...
name for several shrubby plants bearing white berries, especially species of the genus Symphoricarpos which is classified in the division Magnoliophyt...
(zhäN s lv N´ bäy ´) (KEY) , 1736–93, French astronomer and politician. His works on astronomy and on the history of science (notably the Essai ...
(s r ´t l) (KEY) , Ukr. Seret, river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Carpathian Mts., W Ukraine, and flowing SE through E Romania to the Danub...
range of the Australian Alps, SE Australia. It is the site of the Snowy Mts. Hydroelectric Scheme, Australia’s most extensive hydroelectricity and i...