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(häns h n´ yän) (KEY) , 1894–1959, German novelist, dramatist, music publisher, and organ builder. Jahnn’s early dramas, including Pastor Ephr...
(jäb´äl ou´´l -ä´) (KEY) or Jebel Aulia (j b´ l´ ou´l ) (KEY) , village, N central Sudan. Nearby is a large dam (completed 1937) that is u...
1863–1943, English author. His humorous sea stories were first collected in Many Cargoes (1896). Of his several horror stories, the most famous is â...
(ch d´ jä´gän) (KEY) , 1918–97, prime minister of British Guiana (1961–64) and president (1992–97) of independent Guyana. Of Asian Indian d...
(j k ´b s dä vär j´ n ) (KEY) , c.1230–1298, Italian hagiographer, b. Varazze (then Voraggio), near Savona; also known as Jacobus de Voragine. H...
(j ´k b) (KEY) , in the Bible, ancestor of the Hebrews, the younger of Isaac and Rebecca’s twin sons; the older was Esau. In exchange for a bowl of...