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121C. G. Finch-Davies — Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor Claude Gibney Finch Davies (24 May 1875 – 4 August 1920) was a British soldier, ornithologist and painter who produced a series of paintings of birds of South Africa in the early part of the 20th century.… …
122Siddhasen Diwakar — (Fifth century A. D.) (आचार्य सिद्दसैन दिवाकर) was a highly intelligent Jain acharya of his time. Siddhasen could study the scriptures and realize their truth in a short time. In due course he became the most well known Jain scholar of the time.… …
123Deloris Telescope — The Tampa Bay, Florida area rock band as was originally formed in 1983 with members Lee Steel on guitar, Dave Fairman on bass, Russ Hammock on drums and Bruce Batton on guitar; momentum didn t begin to build until a year later when Kacy Ross… …
124Persuasion (roman) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Persuasion (homonymie). Persuasion …
125Cambodia — /kam boh dee euh/, n. a republic in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 11,163,861; 69,866 sq. mi. (180,953 sq. km). Cap.: Phnom Penh. Formerly, People s Republic of Kampuchea, Khmer Republic. * * * Cambodia Introduction Cambodia… …
126Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …
127Maria Theresa — /meuh ree euh teuh ray seuh, zeuh/ 1717 80, archduchess of Austria; queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740 80 (wife of Francis II; mother of Joseph II, Leopold II, Marie Antoinette). German, Maria Theresia /mah rddee ah te rdday zee ah/. * * * German… …
128Taiwan — /tuy wahn /, n. Wade Giles, Pinyin. a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895 1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Cap.: Taipei. Also called Formosa. * *… …
