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(s mäng´käs) (KEY) , village, Valladolid prov., NW Spain, in Castile-León. The castle, an old fort rebuilt in the 15th cent., contains the Spanish...
common name for small shore fishes, belonging to the family Antherinidae, abundant in the warmer waters of the Atlantic and Pacific, and named for the...
(sh n f n) (KEY) [Irish,=we, ourselves], Irish nationalist movement. It had its roots in the Irish cultural revival at the end of the 19th cent. and ...
(kr s´tyän s n´d ng) (KEY) , 1856–1941, Norwegian nationalist composer, best remembered for his lyrical, romantic piano works, including the popu...
(j vän´n bät-t ´stä m rô´n ) (KEY) , c.1525–1578, Italian portrait painter of the Brescian school; pupil of Il Moretto. Surpassing his teach...
(ürb N´ zhäN zhôz f´ l v ry ´) (KEY) , 1811–77, French astronomer who made calculations that led to the discovery of the planet Neptune. In co...