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Encyclopedia - Seattle, Washington: Encyclopedia - Seattle, Washington
Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilt Chamberlain: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilt Chamberlain - Legacy
The 7-foot 1-inch (2.16 m) Chamberlain holds nearly 100 NBA records, including the record for most points in a game -- 100 -- well before...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diminutive: Encyclopedia Ii - Diminutive - Australian English
Australian English is known for its use of diminutives with the "-za" suffix applied to the shortened version of a person's name, especia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Names: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Names - South Indian Names
South Indians, for long time, had a simple naming system. Historically, everyone was called by a single name, which was chosen in one of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brisk Yeshivas: Encyclopedia - Brisk Yeshivas
Brisk yeshivas commonly known as Brisk (a name used by many Yiddish-speaking Jews to refer to the town of Brest-Litovsk, located in what ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brenda Lee: Encyclopedia - Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee, real name Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), was an American teen idol and country singer from Lithonia, Georgia. B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blanka: Encyclopedia - Blanka
Blanka is a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games. Blanka has green skin and long orange hair. Blanka - Vital Statis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bugsy Siegel: Encyclopedia - Bugsy Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American gangster, popularly thought to be the impetus behind large-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buster Keaton: Encyclopedia - Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), always known as Buster Keaton, was a popular and influential American sil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Big Apple: Encyclopedia - Big Apple
The "Big Apple" is a nickname or alternate toponym for New York City. Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional campaign by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns: Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns
Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns (usually simply Mr. Burns) (born September 15 in an unspecified year), a fictional character, is the own...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calouste Gulbenkian: Encyclopedia - Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (Üsküdar, 29 March 1869–Lisbon, 20 July 1955) was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He was born ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Springbok Antelope: Encyclopedia - Springbok Antelope
The Springbok (Dutch: springen = to jump; bok = antelope, deer, or goat) (Antidorcas marsupialis) is a small brown and white antelope tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1985 World Series: Encyclopedia - 1985 World Series
The 1985 World Series, popularly known as the "Show-Me Series" and the "I-70 Series", pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ailanthus: Encyclopedia - Ailanthus
Ailanthus altissima Ailanthus excelsa Ailanthus giraldii Ailanthus malabarica Ailanthus triphysa Ailanthus vilmoriniana Ailanthus (derive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quotation Mark: Encyclopedia - Quotation Mark
apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( 〈 〉 ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seattle Washington: Encyclopedia - Seattle Washington
Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia - Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the United States of America. Massachusetts - Name. Massachus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alex Street Fighter: Encyclopedia - Alex Street Fighter
Alex is the main character of the Street Fighter III series. As a Street Fighter III character, Alex has no official biography. All that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambrose Bierce: Encyclopedia - Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio, USA – date of death uncertain, possibly December 191...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avignon Papacy: Encyclopedia - Avignon Papacy
In the history of the Roman Catholic Church, the Avignon Papacy was the period from 1305 to 1378 during which the Bishop of Rome, the Pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auckland: Encyclopedia - Auckland
Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. It is a conurbation, made up of the cities of Auc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calvin College: Encyclopedia - Calvin College
Calvin College is a comprehensive liberal arts college located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin College is an education...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anchorage Alaska: Encyclopedia - Anchorage Alaska
Anchorage is a Unified Home Rule Municipality (officially called the Municipality of Anchorage) in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beast Comics: Encyclopedia - Beast Comics
Beast. Art by John Cassaday. The Beast (Dr. Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy) is a fictional Irish-American comic book character in the Marvel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capoeira: Encyclopedia - Capoeira
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art developed initially by African slaves in Brazil, starting in the colonial period. It is marked ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognomen: Encyclopedia - Cognomen
The cognomen ("name known by" in English) was originally the third name of a Roman in the Roman naming convention. The term is also occas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine Vii: Encyclopedia - Constantine Vii
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos ("the Purple-born") (Constantinople, 905 – Constantinople, November 9, 959) was the son of Byzantine em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Henry Harrison: Encyclopedia - William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Howard Taft: Encyclopedia - William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, and the 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William The Silent: Encyclopedia - William The Silent
William I of Orange-Nassau (April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584), also widely known as William the Silent, was born in the House of Nassau, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weegee: Encyclopedia - Weegee
Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig (June 12, 1899 - December 26, 1968), an American photographer and photojournalist. Weegee was b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cutty-sark: Encyclopedia - Cutty-sark
Cutty sark is 18th century Scots for "short shirt": cutty (a cognate of the English language word cut) is "short, stumpy"; sark (from Old...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twenty20: Encyclopedia - Twenty20
Twenty20 cricket was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003. It is a form of one-day cricket in which each team bats f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Blunkett: Encyclopedia - David Blunkett
The Right Honourable David Blunkett (born June 6, 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uncle Fester Author: Encyclopedia - Uncle Fester Author
Uncle Fester is the author of such controversial books as "Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture," and "Silent Death." Uncle Fester auth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unisex Name: Encyclopedia - Unisex Name
A unisex name, also known as an epicene name, is a given name that is often given to either a male or a female. Some countries, however, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilt Chamberlain: Encyclopedia - Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman Chamberlain, commonly known as Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was a former National Basketball Ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cleveland State University: Encyclopedia - Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University (abbr. CSU) is a public university located in Cleveland, Ohio. The current President is Michael Schwartz, who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carmen Miranda: Encyclopedia - Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda (b. February 9, 1909, Marco de Canaveses, Portugal; d. August 5, 1955 Hollywood, California, USA from untreated toxemia, l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Airlines: Encyclopedia - Capital Airlines
This article is about the mid-20th century North American airline, not to be confused with the late 20th-century Capitol Air Lines. A dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Tiger: Encyclopedia - Celtic Tiger
"The Celtic Tiger" is a nickname for the Republic of Ireland during its period of rapid economic growth between the 1990s and 2001 or 200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winter Of Discontent: Encyclopedia - Winter Of Discontent
The "Winter of Discontent" is a nickname given to the British winter of 1978–79, during which there were widespread strikes by Trade un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wolverine Comics: Encyclopedia - Wolverine Comics
Wolverine, from a cover of New Avengers #3. Art by Oliver Coipel Wolverine (Logan, born James Howlett) is a fictional character, a Marve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiquita: Encyclopedia - Chiquita
Chiquita can refer to: Chiquita Brands International, fruit company. Chiquita, a common Spanish nickname meaning little. It has also bec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlie: Encyclopedia - Charlie
Charlie has multiple meanings: It represents the letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet and the FAA aviation phonetic letters. It refers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Untranslatability: Encyclopedia - Untranslatability
Untranslatability is a property of a text, or of any utterance, in one language, for which no equivalent text or utterance can be found i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eloi: Encyclopedia - Eloi
The Eloi are one of the two post-human races in H. G. Wells' novel The Time Machine. In the year AD 802,701, humanity has evolved into tw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buffalo: Encyclopedia - Buffalo
A buffalo is one of several species of bovine. It includes: members of the Asian genus Bubalus — the water buffalo, the anoa and the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mason: Encyclopedia - Mason
Real people named Mason include: A. E. W. Mason, author Andrea Mason (1968- ), politician Sir Anthony Mason (1925- ), Australian judge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lunatic: Encyclopedia - Lunatic
A lunatic (colloquially: "loony") is commonly used term for a person who is mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable, a conditio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Haven Connecticut: Encyclopedia Ii - New Haven Connecticut - History
New Haven Connecticut - Pre-colonial and colonial history. Before European arrival, New Haven was the home of the Quinnipiack tribe of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darrell Waltrip: Encyclopedia Ii - Darrell Waltrip - Waltrip Becomes A Fan Favorite
Waltrip's success with car owner Robert Glen Johnson, Jr. led to success with three national championships, but concerns grew inside his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nelson Frazier Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Nelson Frazier Jr. - Career
Frazier first appeared prominently in the WWF (now the WWE) as Mabel, a member of the tag team Men on a Mission. Originally a face duo, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moyobamba: Encyclopedia Ii - Moyobamba - History
The city was established by Juan Pérez de Guevara on 25th July 1540, who named it Santiago de los Ocho Valles de Moyobamba (Santiago of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd: Encyclopedia Ii - Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd - Film Bio
Mr. Wint and his partner Mr. Kidd are assassins working for Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Their assignment is to kill everyone in the "pipeline" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanley Williams: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanley Williams - Challenges To The Conviction
Stanley Williams - Appeals. Williams appealed his conviction in the state courts, and filed a petition in the federal courts for habeas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - History
Massachusetts - Early settlement. Various Algonquin tribes inhabited the area prior to European settlement. In the Massachusetts Bay ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Johnson - On The Court
Magic Johnson - High school and college. From his first days playing the game as a high school All-American in his hometowm of Lansing,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norville "shaggy" Rogers: Encyclopedia Ii - Norville "shaggy" Rogers - Relatives
Relatives of Shaggy shown during the series include ([1]): Mom and Pop Rogers: Shaggy's parents. Shaggy's father is a police officer. At...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian-american Association Of Professional Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian-american Association Of Professional Baseball - League History
The Canadian-American Association is a new name for a league with ties to two independent leagues, the Northeast League (formed in 1995),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mara Jade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mara Jade - Background
Mara Jade - Emperor's Hand. The Emperor's Hands were an elite group of Force-sensitive assassins handpicked by Emperor Palpatine to car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sissy: Encyclopedia Ii - Sissy - Pejorative
Because of its origins in a feminine nickname, sissy is also a pejorative for a boy or man to indicate or imply that he is like a sister,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dave Cowens: Encyclopedia Ii - Dave Cowens - College Life
He played NCAA collegiate basketball at Florida State University from 1966 to 1970. He scored 1,479 points in 78 games at Florida State, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Haven Connecticut: Encyclopedia Ii - New Haven Connecticut - History
New Haven Connecticut - Pre-colonial and colonial history. Before European arrival, New Haven was the home of the Quinnipiack tribe of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Man In The High Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - The Man In The High Castle - Plot
The Man in the High Castle - Back Story. The point of divergence between the world of The Man in the High Castle and actual history is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Orleans Louisiana: Encyclopedia Ii - New Orleans Louisiana - History
Main article: History of New Orleans New Orleans Louisiana - Colonial era. New Orleans was founded in 1718 by the French as La Nouvelle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Seven Samurai: Encyclopedia Ii - The Seven Samurai - Plot
The seven are: Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) — the leader Katsushiro Okamoto (Isao "Ko" Kimura) — the young samurai who wants to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokusatsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokusatsu - Perception Of Tokusatsu In America
The United States has seen almost every Godzilla and Gamera film, as well as many Japanese kaiju films up to the early 1970s, but mainstr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Detroit Pistons: Encyclopedia Ii - Detroit Pistons - Franchise History
Detroit Pistons - Early history. The franchise was founded in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Fred Zollner, owner of a General Motors su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michelle Shocked: Encyclopedia Ii - Michelle Shocked - Selected Discography
†The last three were included on a triple album packaged as "Threesome". Starting in 2002 with the release of Deep Natural, Michelle es...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mike Gascoyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Mike Gascoyne - Early Career
Mike Gascoyne was born in Norfolk, England, and was an outstanding student, attending the world famous Cambridge University (Churchill Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns: Encyclopedia Ii - Montgomery Burns - Biography
Montgomery Burns - Early Life. Occasional flashbacks show his early life. When he was very young he lived happily with his loving, natu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sylvester Stallone: Encyclopedia Ii - Sylvester Stallone - Career
Stallone was born to Frank Stallone Sr. (a beautician who was an immigrant from Italy) and Jacqueline "Jackie" Labofish, an American astr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miracle On Ice: Encyclopedia Ii - Miracle On Ice - Aftermath
Eruzione accepted the Gold Medal for the United States, inviting all of his teammates onto the podium with him to do so in a minor breach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dean Simon: Encyclopedia Ii - Dean Simon - Career
Malenko has wrestled all over the world and has spent much time wrestling in Mexico and Japan. He wrestled along with his brother Joe, fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Remus Lupin: Encyclopedia Ii - Remus Lupin - Name Etymology
This character's name is a clear example of Rowling's careful use of descriptive names for her characters, settings and other story eleme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Politics
Massachusetts - Banned in Boston. During the first half of the 1900s Boston was socially conservative, and strongly under the influence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Words For British: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Words For British - Slang
Alternative words for British - Limey. Limey is an old American and Canadian slang nickname for the British, initially specifically sai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbia Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbia Missouri - Geography
Columbia is located at 38°56'54" North, 92°20'2" West (38.948351, -92.333779)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the cit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Howard Taft: Encyclopedia Ii - William Howard Taft - Early Life
Taft was born on September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother was Mount Holyoke graduate Louisa Torrey; his father was Alphonso Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karen Mcdougal: Encyclopedia Ii - Karen Mcdougal - Career Highlights
In 1997, McDougal tried out and won her local Venus Swimwear swimsuit competition in Michigan, her victory caught the eye of Playboy phot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kiki's Delivery Service: Encyclopedia Ii - Kiki's Delivery Service - Plot
Kiki is a 13 year-old witch in training. By tradition, it is time for Kiki to leave her home to spend a year alone in a new town to estab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anchorage Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Anchorage Alaska - History
Russia was well established in the 1800s. In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward brokered a deal to purchase Alaska from debt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princess Peach: Encyclopedia Ii - Princess Peach - Character
Princess Peach is often portrayed as being the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. No queen appears to exist, although in Super Mario RPG: Leg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joker Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Joker Comics - Appearances In Other Media
Joker comics - In the animated series. Batman: The Animated Series—mainly in the episode "Beware the Creeper" and the spin-off movie ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ras Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ras Syndrome - Examples
Some of the most common examples include: ABS system = Anti-lock Braking System system AC current = Alternating Current current ARC comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Stalin: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Stalin - Stalin And Changes In Soviet Society
Joseph Stalin - Industrialization. Main article: Industrialization of the USSR. The Russian Civil War and War communism had a devastati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coca-cola: Encyclopedia Ii - Coca-cola - Criticisms
The numerous urban legends about Coca-Cola have led the Urban Legends Reference Pages to devote a whole section of their site to "Cokelo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lance Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Lance Armstrong - Career
Lance Armstrong - Early career. He began his sporting career as a triathlete, competing in adult competitions from the age of 16. It so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andreas Grassl: Encyclopedia Ii - Andreas Grassl - Tracing The 'piano Man'
For several months, Grassl was interned in a secure mental health unit in north Kent while he was being treated and evaluated. Interprete...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Long John Baldry: Encyclopedia Ii - Long John Baldry - Blues Bands 1960s
Born John William Baldry in England, he grew to a towering 2.01 m (6 ft, 7 in) that resulted in the nickname "Long" John. Blessed with a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Monarchs By Nickname: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Monarchs By Nickname - Cognomen
A swung dash (~) is used to indicate where the personal name occurs in the nickname; thus "~ the Accursed" means "Sviatopolk the Accursed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Red Buttons: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Buttons - Awards
Red Buttons - Academy Awards. Won: Best Supporting Actor (Sayonara, 1958) Red Buttons - Golden Globe Awards. Won: Best Supporting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia Ii - Orlando Florida - History
Some historians date Orlando's name to around 1836 when a soldier named Orlando Reeves allegedly died in the area, during the war against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Red Xiii: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Xiii - Biography
Red XIII - Before Crisis. Born Nanaki, he is the last of a race whose sworn to protect their home Cosmo Canyon with their lives. Despit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Restoration Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Restoration Movement - Church Of Christ Schisms
After the split between the Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ movements, many Churches of Christ found that other issues still...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Home Run Calls In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Home Run Calls In Baseball - List Of Home Run Calls By Broadcaster
Note that names of specific batters, fielders, pitchers, and other details such as the location of the batted ball, are filled in as need...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Turab: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Turab - Sunni View
The Sunni narration goes as this: Narrated Sahl ibn Sad: The most beloved names to 'Ali was Abu Turab, and he used to be pleased when we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: Encyclopedia Ii - 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - Legacy
The regiment was disbanded after the Civil War and was eventually largely forgotten, aside from the monument (constructed 1884 – 1897) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rogue Squadron: Encyclopedia Ii - Rogue Squadron - History
Red Squadron was essential to the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin. After the battle, the squadron would operate as t...   » Read the article