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111Alexandria — /al ig zan dree euh, zahn /, n. 1. Arabic, Al Iskandarîyah. a seaport in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in 332 B.C. by Alexander the Great; ancient center of learning. 2,201,000. 2. a city in NE Virginia, S of the District of Columbia.… …
112Milan — /mi lan , lahn /, n. an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral. 1,710,263. Italian, Milano /mee lah naw/. * * * Italian Milano Capital (pop., 2001 prelim.: 1,182,693), Lombardy region, northern Italy. The area was settled by… …
113Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …
114renaissant — /ri nay seuhnt/, adj. renascent. [1860 65; < F, prp. of renaître to be reborn; see RENAISSANCE, ANT] * * * …
115resurgent — resurgence, n. /ri serr jeuhnt/, adj. rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent. [1760 70; < L resurgent (s. of resurgens, prp. of resurgere). See RESURGE, ENT] * * * …
116Jinnah, Mohammed Ali — born Dec. 25, 1876, Karachi, India died Sept. 11, 1948, Karachi, Pak. Indian Muslim politician, founder and first governor general of Pakistan (1947–48). He was educated in Bombay (now Mumbai) and London, where he became a lawyer at age 19. After …
117Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović — born Nov. 6, 1787, Tršić, Serbia, Ottoman Empire died Feb. 6, 1864, Vienna Serbian language scholar and folklorist. He was largely self taught as a writer. After the failure of a Serb revolt against Turkish rule, he left for Vienna (1813), where… …
118Siegwart-Müller, Constantin — ▪ Swiss politician born Oct. 10, 1801, Lodrino, Switz. died Jan. 13, 1869, Altdorf Swiss politician who headed the Ultramontane Party at Lucerne and became the leader of the dissident Sonderbund. A lawyer from the canton of Uri,… …
119Suppiluliumas I — ▪ Hittite king also spelled Shuppiluliumash, or Subbiluliuma flourished 14th century BC Hittite king (reigned c. 1380–c. 1346 BC), who dominated the history of the ancient Middle East for the greater part of four decades and raised the… …
120reemergent — adjective Emerging again, after an absence A dangerous reemergent virus Syn: renascent, resurgent, renew See Also: reemerge, reemergence …
