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( z´m ) (KEY) , 1887–1965, British general, known as “Pug” Ismay. He served in India and, during World War I, in Africa. During World War II he...
1666–96, czar of Russia (1682–96), son of Czar Alexis by his first wife. Ivan was mentally retarded, and on the death of his elder brother, Feodor...
( s´´fyôr´d n) (KEY) [Ice Fjord], inlet of the Greenland Sea and largest fjord of Spitsbergen island, Svalbard, Norway, 65 mi (105 km) long and f...
( shkä´r ) (KEY) , second largest river of Japan, c.225 mi (360 km) long, rising in the mountainous interior of Hokkaido and flowing generally south...
member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Italy a...
(h ´ r ) (KEY) , 5th cent. B.C., Greek Sicilian ruler, tyrant of Syracuse (478–467 B.C.). He succeeded his brother Gelon. A noted patron of literat...