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( zm l ´ ) (KEY) or Al Ismailiyah (äl sm l ´y ) (KEY) , city (1986 est. pop. 212,759), capital of Ismailia governorate, NE Egypt. It is the sea...
( t´ l ), Ital. Italia, officially Italian Republic, republic (1995 est. pop. 58,262,000), 116,303 sq mi (301,225 sq km), S Europe. It borders on Fra...
works of art produced in the geographic region that now constitutes the nation of Italy. Italian art has engendered great public interest and involvem...
(h r ´b m ´t ) (KEY) , 1841–1909, Japanese statesman, the outstanding figure in the modernization of Japan. As a young Choshu samurai, he was a ...
( v g´ r s) (KEY) , d. c.374 B.C., despot of Cyprus. Exiled in his youth, he returned (411 B.C.) and made good his claim as ruler of Salamis. By 410 ...
( thä´k ) (KEY) or Ithaca ( th´ k ) (KEY) , island (1991 pop. 3,082), c.37 sq mi (96 sq km), W Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. It is mountainou...