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Vitoria-Gasteiz

(Encyclopedia) Vitoria-GasteizVitoria-Gasteizvētōˌrēä-gästēˈēs [key], city (1990 est. pop. 209,506), capital of Araba/Álava prov. and administrative center of the Basque Country, N Spain. It is a…

Unruh, Fritz von

(Encyclopedia) Unruh, Fritz vonUnruh, Fritz vonfrĭts fən &oobreve;nˈr&oomacr; [key], 1885–1970, German dramatic poet. Son of a Prussian general, Unruh was an officer who became a pacifist…

Berezina

(Encyclopedia) BerezinaBerezinabyĕrāzēnäˈ [key], river, c.380 mi (610 km) long, rising in Belarus. It flows generally S past Borisov and Bobruysk into the Dnieper River. It is navigable for most of…

Carlotta

(Encyclopedia) Carlotta, Span. CarlotaCarlotta,kärlōˈtä [key], 1840–1927, empress of Mexico, daughter of Leopold I of Belgium, christened Marie Charlotte Amélie. She married (1857) Maximilian,…

Villafranca di Verona

(Encyclopedia) Villafranca di VeronaVillafranca di Veronavēlˌläfrängˈkä dē vārôˈnä [key], town (1991 pop. 27,036), Venetia, NE Italy. In 1859, Napoleon III and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria met…

Grouchy, Emmanuel, marquis de

(Encyclopedia) Grouchy, Emmanuel, marquis deGrouchy, Emmanuel, marquis deĕmänüĕlˈ märkēˈ də gr&oomacr;shēˈ [key], 1766–1847, French general in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He was…

Wrede, Karl Philipp von

(Encyclopedia) Wrede, Karl Philipp vonWrede, Karl Philipp vonkärl fēˈlĭp fən vrāˈdə [key], 1767–1838, Bavarian general. He helped reorganize the Bavarian army, commanded part of the Bavarian troops…

Barthélemy, Auguste Marseille

(Encyclopedia) Barthélemy, Auguste MarseilleBarthélemy, Auguste Marseilleōgüstˈ märsāˈyə bärtālmēˈ [key], 1796–1867, French poet. With his friend Joseph Méry he wrote several brilliant and popular…

Saint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy de

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy deSaint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy deärmäNˈ zhäk lərwäˈ də săNtärnōˈ [key], 1798?–1854, marshal of France. After serving in the French Foreign…