| | - Bejart, Madeleine
- French actress and theatrical manager, a member of the Bejart family, and an intimate friend of the playwright Moliere. [2 Related Articles]
- Bejart, Maurice
- French-born dancer, choreographer, and opera director known for combining classic ballet and modern dance with jazz, acrobatics, and musique concrete (electronic music based on natural sounds). [4 Related Articles]
- bejel
- form of endemic (nonvenereal) syphilis occurring among Bedouin tribes and elsewhere in the Middle East.
- Bekabad
- city, Tashkent oblast (province), eastern Uzbekistan. It lies along both banks of the Syr River at the extreme southern tip of the oblast. The town arose originally in connection with ... [1 Related Articles]
- Bekasi
- (from the article "Indonesia") Four of Indonesia's five largest cities-Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, and Bekasi-are on Java; the other, Medan, is located on Sumatra. These five cities may be considered metropolitan areas rather than large ...
- Beke, Charles Tilstone
- English biblical scholar, geographer, and businessman who played an important role in the final phase of the discovery of the sources of the Nile River.
- Bekele, Daniel
- (from the article "Ethiopia") ...the political rights of the CUD leaders to vote and stand for election. Two civil social activists, Netsanet Demissie (founder and director of the Organization for Social Justice in Ethiopia) ...
- Bekele, Kenenisa
- At the 2002 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world cross country championships in Dublin, 19-year-old Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele, running with an apparently effortless stride, won the senior long-course (12-km ... [5 Related Articles]
- Bekes
- megye (county), southeastern Hungary, occupying a vast area of agricultural flatland on the Great Alfold (Great Hungarian Plain, or Nagy Magyar Alfold). It is bordered by the ...
- Bekescsaba
- city of county status and seat of Bekes megye (county), southeastern Hungary. A central point for road and rail communications, it is also connected by canal with the Koros River ... [1 Related Articles]
- Bekesy, Georg von
- American physicist and physiologist who received the 1961 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the physical means by which sound is analyzed and communicated in the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Bekhterev, Vladimir
- Russian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist who studied the formations of the brain and investigated conditioned reflexes. [1 Related Articles]
- Bekkai, Mubarak
- (from the article "Morocco") ...of the sultan were unrestrained. By French insistence, the first cabinet was composed of ministers representing the various groups of Moroccan society, including one from Morocco's Jewish minority. Mubarak Bekkai, ...
- Bekker, August Immanuel
- German philologist and classical scholar who prepared a great array of critical editions of many classical Greek writers. [1 Related Articles]
- Bektashi
- any member of an order of Muslim mystics founded, according to their own traditions, by Hajji Bektash Wali of Khorasan, Iran. It acquired definitive form in the 16th century in ... [5 Related Articles]
- Bel
- (from the article "Palmyra") The principal deity of the Aramaeans of Palmyra was Bol (probably an equivalent to Baal). Bol soon became known as Bel by assimilation to the Babylonian god Bel-Marduk. Both gods ...
- bel
- (from the article "sound intensity") ...of one sound can be compared to that of another of the same frequency by taking the ratio of their powers. When this ratio is 10, the difference in intensity ...
- Bel and the Dragon
- Greek apocryphal addition to the biblical Book of Daniel. It is a deuterocanonical work in that it is accepted in the Roman canon but not by Jews or Protestants. It ... [3 Related Articles]
- bel canto
- style of operatic singing that originated in Italian singing of polyphonic (multipart) music and Italian courtly solo singing during the late 16th century and that was developed in Italian opera ... [3 Related Articles]
- bel fruit
- (species Aegle marmelos), fruit of the bel tree of the family Rutaceae, found wild or cultivated throughout India. The trees bear strong spines; alternate, compound leaves, each with three leaflets; ...
- Bel Geddes, Barbara
- American actress (b. Oct. 31, 1922, New York, N.Y.-d. Aug. 8, 2005, Northeast Harbor, Maine), first gained acclaim for her performances in such films as I Remember Mama (1948) and ...
- Bel, Jerome
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...stylish virtuoso dancer long admired by the public, was made premier danseur after years of having been overlooked at the annual competitions. The most talked-about choreographer of the year was ...
- Bel-ibni
- (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...enemies of Assyria. After nine months he was forced to withdraw when Sennacherib defeated a coalition army consisting of Babylonians, Aramaeans, and Elamites. The new puppet king of Babylonia was ...
- Bela I
- king of Hungary (1060-63) who fought a successful war against the Holy Roman emperor Henry III to defend his country's independence. [1 Related Articles]
- Bela II
- king of Hungary (1131-41). He was the son of Prince Almos, the younger brother of King Coloman (Hungarian: Kalman). [1 Related Articles]
- Bela III
- king of Hungary (1173-96) under whom Hungary became the leading power of south-central Europe. [4 Related Articles]
- Bela IV
- king of Hungary (1235-70) during whose reign the Mongol invasions left three-quarters of Hungary in ruins. He was the son of Andrew II. [6 Related Articles]
- Bela Pratapgarh
- (from the article "Partapgarh") ...partially forested, although there are small, barren saline areas. Rice, barley, millet, and sugarcane are grown, and hemp and hides are produced. Salt, potassium nitrate, and limestone are mined. Bela ...
- Belafonte, Harry
- American singer, who was a key figure in the 1950s popularity of folk music, and an actor and film producer as well. [1 Related Articles]
- Belagula
- (from the article "Mysore") An important manufacturing and trading centre, Mysore has textile (cotton and silk), rice, and oil mills, sandalwood-oil and chemical factories, and tanneries. The suburb of Belagula, to the northwest, produces ...
- Belahan
- (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") ...was identified by the people with the sacred Mount Meru, and its natural springs were believed to have a magical healing power and a mystical purifying capacity. Another such bathing ...
- Belain, Pierre, sieur d'Esnambuc
- French trader who in 1635 established the first colony for the Compagnie des Iles d'Amerique on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the first permanent French colony in the West Indies. [1 Related Articles]
- Belait
- (from the article "Brunei") ...Brunei is drained by the Belait, Tutong, and Brunei rivers in the western segment and by the Pandaruan and Temburong rivers in the east; all flow generally northward to the ...
- Belamcanda flabellata
- (from the article "blackberry lily") ...iris family (Iridaceae) and has branching stems, lower, grassy foliage, a stout rootstalk, and blackberry-like seeds. The flowers have the six petallike segments. Shorter, with light-yellow flowers, B. flabellata is ...
- Belanger, Francois-Joseph
- architect, artist, landscape designer, and engineer, best known for his fantastic designs for private houses and gardens in pre-Revolutionary France.
- Belanger, Mark Henry
- American baseball player who won eight Gold Gloves and played in four World Series during his 16 seasons (1965-81) as a fielding shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles (b. June 8, ...
- Belar, Herbert
- (from the article "music synthesizer") The first electronic sound synthesizer, an instrument of awesome dimensions, was developed by the American acoustical engineers Harry Olson and Herbert Belar in 1955 at the Radio Corporation of America ...
- Belarius
- (from the article "Cymbeline") ...sends a servant to kill Imogen, but the servant instead warns her of the plan. Disguising herself as a young boy (Fidele), she sets out for Rome but loses her ...
- Belarus
- country of eastern Europe. Until it became independent in 1991, it was the smallest of the three Slavic republics that formed part of the Soviet Union. On the northwest Belarus ... [30 Related Articles]
- Belarus, flag of
- horizontally striped red-green national flag with a vertical stripe of red and white at the hoist. Its width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2.
- Belarus, history of
- (from the article "Belarus") The Belarusian region has a long history of human settlement. Archaeology has provided evidence of Upper Paleolithic cultures, and Neolithic (New Stone Age) remains are widespread. The area was one ...
- Belarusian Academy of Sciences
- (from the article "Belarus") ...State University, the Homyel State University, the Hrodna State University, the Belarusian Agricultural Academy in Horki, and medical, pedagogical, technological, and agricultural institutes. The Belarusian Academy of Sciences maintains a ...
- Belarusian language
- East Slavic language that is historically the native language of most Belarusians. Many 20th-century governments of Belarus had policies favouring the Russian language, and, as a result, Russian is more ... [3 Related Articles]
- Belarusian Popular Front
- (from the article "Belarus") ...Party represents the interests of collective and state farms, while a variety of parties represent social democratic, liberal, market-oriented, and ecologically concerned constituencies. The Belarusian Popular Front has been at ...
- Belarusian Ridge
- upland region in Belarus. From northeastern Poland the ridge runs southeast into western Belarus and then swings northeast. Its total length is 320 miles (520 km). The ridge, covered by ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belarusian Union of Poles
- (from the article "Belarus") Relations with Poland featured large in Belarus in 2005. In March Tadeusz Kruczkowski, the leader of the Belarusian Union of Poles (BUP), was replaced by Andzelika Borys. The Ministry of ...
- Belasco, David
- American theatrical producer and playwright whose important innovations in the techniques and standards of staging and design were in contrast to the quality of the plays he produced. [5 Related Articles]
- Belasitsa Mountains
- (from the article "Bulgaria") ...at Musala Peak, which is the highest point in the country and indeed in the whole Balkan Peninsula; the Pirin Mountains, with Vikhren Peak reaching 9,560 feet; and a frontier ...
- Belaunde Terry, Fernando
- statesman, architect, and president of Peru (1963-68, 1980-85), known for his efforts at democratic reform and his pro-American stance. [3 Related Articles]
- Belawan
- the most important port in northeastern Sumatra, Indonesia, located on Belawan Island at the estuary of the Deli and Belawan rivers in North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) propinsi (province). The port ...
- Belaya River
- river in Bashkortostan republic, west-central Russia. The Belaya is the largest tributary of the Kama River, which is itself an important tributary of the Volga. The Belaya rises in the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belbin, Tanith
- (from the article "The XX Olympic Winter Games") ...the 2005 World Cup overall champion. Russians won three of four gold medals in figure skating, but the elegant Shizuka Arakawa of Japan came from behind to win the women's ...
- Belch, Sir Toby
- (from the article "Twelfth Night") ...is rediscovered, many comic situations of mistaken identity ensue. There is a satiric subplot involving the members of Lady Olivia's household-Feste the jester, Maria, Olivia's uncle Sir Toby Belch, and ...
- Belchatow
- city, Lodzkie wojewodztwo (province), south-central Poland, forming part of the industrial triangle of Belchatow, Szczercow, and Kamiensk. Belchatow is 30 miles (50 km) south-southwest of Lodz, the ...
- Belcher Islands
- archipelago in southeastern Hudson Bay, north of the mouth of James Bay, Baffin region, Nunavut territory, Canada. The islands, low-lying and striated, cover a total area of about 5,000 square ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belcher, George
- (from the article "caricature and cartoon") ...English humour magazine Punch. Though it began in puns and peevishness, it warmed up during the 19th century with John Leech, Charles Keene, George Du Maurier, and in the 20th ...
- Belcher, Jonathan
- colonial governor and merchant who was an early patron of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).
- Belcher, Sir Edward
- naval officer who performed many coastal surveys for the British Admiralty. [1 Related Articles]
- belching
- (from the article "digestive system, human") ...is hydrogen, up to 10 percent is methane, and between 10 and 30 percent is carbon dioxide. Most of the air that people swallow, while talking and eating in particular, ...
- Belconnen
- (from the article "Australian Capital Territory") Each of the newer urban districts of Woden-Weston Creek, Belconnen, Tuggeranong, and Gungahlin includes residential suburbs, a major regional centre, and local service centres. These districts were developed according to ...
- Belcredi, Richard, Count
- statesman of the Austrian Empire who worked for a federal constitution under the Habsburg monarchy, taking the Swiss constitution as his model. His "Ministry of Counts" (July 27, 1865-Feb. 3, ...
- Belda, Alain
- (from the article "Economic Affairs") ...nine months of 2005 and that Hurricane Rita knocked out some of its alumina refineries. Alcoa still managed to post a 13% increase in revenue for the first nine months ...
- Belem
- city and port, capital of Para estado (state), northern Brazil, on the Baia do Guajara (Guajara Bay), part of the vast Amazon River delta, near the mouth ... [3 Related Articles]
- Belem
- freguesia (parish) within the western limits of the city of Lisbon, Portugal. A former royal residence, Belem (Bethlehem) is known for its Manueline (early 16th-century) architecture, notably ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belem Palace
- (from the article "Lisbon") The Belem Palace, a former royal residence, is the official home of the president of the republic. The Belem area reflects Portugal's maritime past and is known for its Manueline ...
- Belem, Tower of
- (from the article "Belem") ...(early 16th-century) architecture, notably the Jeronimos monastery, founded by Manuel I in 1499 in honour of the explorer Vasco da Gama's discovery of a sea route to India, and the ...
- Belem-Restelo
- (from the article "Lisbon") ...a World Heritage site in 1983), which was built to defend the city. The Monument to the Discoveries (1960) on the Tagus River commemorates Portuguese explorers of the 15th and ...
- belemnoid
- member of an extinct group of cephalopods (animals related to the modern squid and octopus) that possessed a large internal shell. Most belemnoids were about the size of present-day squid, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belen
- city, Valencia county, central New Mexico, U.S. Reserved for genizaros, or people of mixed ethnicity, the original village, located in fertile bottomlands along the Rio Grande, was ...
- Belenogaster
- (from the article "hymenopteran") ...Vespidae. The female Stenogaster depressigaster passes several generations in the communal nest, and the daughters build their own cells and care for their own offspring. In the case of Belenogaster, ...
- Belenus
- (Celtic: possibly, Bright One), one of the most ancient and most widely worshipped of the pagan Celtic deities; he was associated with pastoralism. A great fire festival, called Beltane (or ...
- Belep Islands
- coral island group in the French overseas country of New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Comprising Pott and Art islands and several islets, the group lies within the northern continuation of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belfast
- city, seat (1827) of Waldo county, southern Maine, U.S., on the Passagassawakeag River where it empties into Penobscot Bay on the Atlantic coast opposite Castine, 34 miles (55 km) south-southwest ...
- Belfast
- city, district, and capital of Northern Ireland, on the River Lagan, at its entrance to Belfast Lough (inlet of the sea). It became a city by royal charter in 1888. ... [4 Related Articles]
- Belfast Agreement
- accord reached on April 10, 1998, and ratified in both Ireland and Northern Ireland by popular vote on May 22 that called for joint rule of Northern Ireland through a ... [17 Related Articles]
- Belfast Lough
- inlet of the North Channel that connects the Irish Sea with the Atlantic, 12 mi (20 km) long and 3 to 5 mi (4.8 to 8 km) wide, indenting the ...
- Belfort
- town, capital of the Territoire de Belfort, Franche-Comte region, eastern France, on the Savoureuse River, southwest of Mulhouse. Inhabited in Gallo-Roman times, Belfort was first recorded in ... [2 Related Articles]
- Belfort, Territoire de
- (from the article "Franche-Comte") region of France encompassing the eastern departements of Jura, Doubs, Haute-Saone, and the Territoire de Belfort. Franche-Comte is bounded by the
- belfroy
- (from the article "military technology") ...by simple escalade using ladders, but these methods rarely succeeded except by surprise or treachery. Beginning in the 9th century, European engineers constructed wheeled wooden siege towers, called belfroys. These ...
- belfry
- bell tower, either attached to a structure or freestanding. More specifically, it is the section of such a tower where bells hang, and even more particularly the timberwork that supports ...
- Belgae
- any of the inhabitants of Gaul north of the Sequana and Matrona (Seine and Marne) rivers. The term was apparently first applied by Julius Caesar. Evidence suggests that the Romans ...
- Belgaum
- city, northwestern Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, southern India. It is located in the Western Ghats at an elevation of 2,500 feet (760 m) above sea level. The city dates from ...
- Belgian Congo
- former colony (coextensive with the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) in Africa, ruled by Belgium from 1908 until 1960. It was established by the Belgian parliament to replace the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Belgian horse
- breed of heavy draft horse descended from the Flemish "great horse," the medieval battle horse native to the Low Countries. An old breed, Belgians were considerably improved after 1880. In ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belgian literature
- the body of written works produced by Belgians and written in standard Netherlandic (called Dutch when it is spoken in The Netherlands and Flemish in Belgium), in standard French, or ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belgian Lorraine
- (from the article "Belgium") Situated south of the Ardennes and cut off from the rest of the country, Cotes Lorraines is a series of hills with north-facing scarps. About half of it remains wooded; ...
- Belgian Malinois
- (from the article "Belgian sheepdog") ...when attempts were begun to standardize the appearance of the animals. In addition to the black-haired form, the American Kennel Club also recognizes as distinct breeds the Belgian Tervuren and ...
- Belgian Radio and Television
- (from the article "Belgium") ...equivalent of a spoken newspaper as early as 1926. Belgian Radio-Television of the French Community (RTBF), which broadcasts in French, and the Flemish Radio and Television Network (VRT; formerly Belgian ...
- Belgian Radio-Television of the French Community
- (from the article "Belgium") ...in Belgium. As early as 1913, weekly musical broadcasts were given from the Laeken Royal Park. Radio-Belgium, founded in 1923, was broadcasting the equivalent of a spoken newspaper as early ...
- Belgian sheepdog
- working dog developed in the village of Groenendaal, Belgium, in 1885. A long-haired black dog, the Belgian sheepdog has a relatively pointed muzzle and erect, triangular ears. It is valued ...
- Belgian Tervuren
- (from the article "Belgian sheepdog") ...in the late 1800s, when attempts were begun to standardize the appearance of the animals. In addition to the black-haired form, the American Kennel Club also recognizes as distinct breeds ...
- Belgic Confession
- statement of the Reformed faith in 37 articles written by Guido de Bres, a Reformer in the southern Low Countries (now Belgium) and northern France. First printed in 1561 at ... [1 Related Articles]
- Belgica
- one of three Gallic provinces organized by Julius Caesar; it became one of the four provinces of Gaul under the Roman Empire. As established by Augustus (27 BC), Belgica stretched ... [3 Related Articles]
- Belgica Secunda
- (from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...of the Rhine, the Romans set up the same administrative organizations as those found in other parts of Gaul. The Low Countries formed part of the provinces of Belgica and ...
- Belgioioso
- town, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy. It lies on the left bank of the Po River. Situated in an area of well-irrigated plateaus, the town is the agricultural and commercial ...
- Belgium
- country of northwestern Europe. It is one of the smallest and most densely populated European countries, and it has been, since its independence in 1830, a representative democracy headed by ... [70 Related Articles]
- Belgium, flag of
- vertically striped black-yellow-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 13 to 15.
- Belgium, history of
- (from the article "Belgium") This section surveys the history of the Belgian territories after 1579. For information concerning the period prior to that date, see Low Countries, history of.1830 Revolution
- Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union
- (from the article "international trade") In 1921 Luxembourg, a former member of the Zollverein, signed the Convention of Brussels with Belgium, creating the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union. Belgium and Luxembourg thereby had the same customs tariff ...
- Belgorod
- oblast (region), western Russia. It lies chiefly in the basins of the upper Vorskla, Donets, and Oskol rivers. The region, formed in 1954 and centred on Belgorod ...
- Belgorod
- city and administrative centre of Belgorod oblast (region), western Russia. Located near the Russia-Ukraine border, Belgorod lies along the upper Donets River where it is crossed by ...
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