Biography Category
(k ´p k, k p´ k) (KEY) , name for a tropical tree of the family Bombacaceae (bombax family) and for the fiber (floss) obtained from the seeds in the...
(k n´d ) (KEY) , city (1995 est. pop. 108,000), capital of Central prov., Sri Lanka, on the Kandy Plateau. Once the capital of the Sinhalese Kandyan ...
(l zär´ m sy ´y vich k g n ´vich) (KEY) , 1893–1991, Soviet Communist leader. A Jewish shoemaker and labor organizer, he joined the Communist p...
(k n sh´k ) (KEY) , fl. c.A.D. 120, king of Gandhara. He was the most powerful and renowned ruler of the Kushan dynasty, one of the five tribes of th...
1792–1821, American horse, the foundation sire of the Justin Morgan breed of horses. Originally called “Figure,” the stallion was renamed for hi...
(kär´l v ts) (KEY) , 1699, peace treaty signed at Sremski Karlovci (Ger. Karlowitz), N Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro. It was concluded between the O...