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(s n p´) (KEY) , anc. Sinope, town (1990 pop. 25,537), capital of Sinop prov., N Turkey, on the Black Sea. A small port, it has an excellent harbor b...
(g ´ôrkh p nts) (KEY) , c.1500–1550, German painter and engraver of the Nuremberg school. He probably studied with Dürer in Nuremberg. He was ban...
(py r püzh ´) (KEY) , 1622–94, French painter and sculptor. At 17 he went on foot to Italy, where he worked for Pietro da Cortona on the ceilings ...
(zhäN d s ´) (KEY) , 1916–, French immunologist. He was the laboratory director of the National Blood Transfusion Center and was a professor at th...
(s m´pl n) (KEY) , pass, 6,590 ft (2,009 m) high, in the Lepontine Alps, Valais canton, S Switzerland. It is crossed by the Simplon Road built (1800â...
(zhôrzh s m nôN´) (KEY) , 1903–89, Belgian novelist. One of the most prolific of modern authors, he is best known for the detective stories featu...