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Azores

(Encyclopedia) Azores Azores əzôrzˈ, āˈzôrz [key], Port. Açores [Port.,=hawks], islands (2021 pop. 236,657), 905 sq mi (2,344 sq km), and autonomous region of Portugal, in…

Ursins, Marie Anne de la Trémoille, princesse des

(Encyclopedia) Ursins, Marie Anne de la Trémoille, princesse desUrsins, Marie Anne de la Trémoille, princesse desmärēˈ än də lä trāmwäˈyə prăNsĕsˈ dāzürsănˈ [key], 1642–1722, French noblewoman and…

Cortona, Pietro Berrettini da

(Encyclopedia) Cortona, Pietro Berrettini daCortona, Pietro Berrettini dapyāˈtrō bār-rĕt-tēˈnē dä kōrtôˈnä [key], 1596–1669, Italian baroque painter and architect, b. Cortona. The Barberini family…

Tournament Results: European PGA Tour

Earnings listed in pounds sterling (£) unless otherwise indicated.LATE 1996Last RdTournamentWinnerEarningsRunner-UpNov. 3Sarazen World Open ChampionshipFrank Nobilo (272)$342,000S. Hoch (276…

Mayerling

(Encyclopedia) MayerlingMayerlingmīˈərlĭng [key], village, Lower Austria prov., E Austria, on the Schwechat River, in the Wienerwald (Vienna Woods). It is the site of the hunting lodge (now a convent…

Ituzaingó, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Ituzaingó, battle ofItuzaingó, battle ofēˌt&oomacr;sīn-gōˈ [key], fought in S Uruguay, Feb. 20, 1827. A combined Argentine-Uruguayan force under Carlos María de Alvear decisively…

Iligan

(Encyclopedia) Iligan Iligan ēlēˈgän [key], city, capital of Lanao del Norte prov., W central Mindanao, the…

Edgeworth, Richard Lovell

(Encyclopedia) Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 1744–1817, Anglo-Irish educational theorist, b. Bath, England, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Oxford; father of Maria Edgeworth. A member of the…

Hermosillo

(Encyclopedia) Hermosillo Hermosillo ārmōsēˈyō [key], city, capital of Sonora state, NW Mexico, at the entrance to the…

Giunta Pisano

(Encyclopedia) Giunta PisanoGiunta Pisanoj&oomacr;nˈtä pēzäˈnō [key], fl. 1236–1255, Italian painter of Pisa. Among his signed works are three very large depictions of the Crucifixion executed…