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- river, rising in Belgium in the Ardennes mountains southeast of Chimay. It enters France northeast of Hirson, 9 miles (15 km) from its source, and flows generally southwestward, watering the ...
- Oistrakh, David
- world-renowned Soviet violin virtuoso acclaimed for his exceptional technique and tone production.
- Oistrakh, Igor
- Russian violinist, noted for his lean, modernist interpretations.
- Oita
- ken (prefecture), northeastern Kyushu, Japan, facing the Suo Sea and Bungo Strait of the Pacific Ocean. Its interior is dominated by a complex mountain system, and most human activity centres ...
- Oiti
- (from the article "Greece") To the southwest, the third spur leaving the Pindus is that of the Oiti, continued in the Okhi Mountains of southern Euboea. Just before the Oiti reaches the sea, near ...
- Ojai
- city, Ventura county, southern California, U.S. Situated 12 miles (19 km) north of Ventura and about 85 miles (135 km) northwest of Los Angeles, it lies in the Ojai Valley ...
- Ojcow National Park
- (from the article "Malopolskie") ...the country's most visited. Six national parks lie within its boundaries. Notable among them are Tatra National Park, which contains jagged granite peaks, postglacial lakes, and hundreds of caves; Ojcow ...
- Ojeda, Alonso de
- (from the article "Balboa, Vasco Nunez de") ...farmer and had to escape his creditors by embarking as a stowaway on an expedition organized by Martin Fernandez de Enciso (1510) to bring aid and reinforcements to a colony ...
- Ojibwa
- Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe who lived in what are now Ontario and Manitoba, Can., and Minnesota and North Dakota, U.S., from Lake Huron westward onto the Plains. Their name ... [14 Related Articles]
- Ojibwa language
- (from the article "biblical literature") ...James Evans invented a syllabary for the use of Cree Indians, in whose language the Bible was available in 1862, the work of W. Mason, also a Wesleyan missionary. The ...
- Ojin
- semilegendary 15th emperor of Japan, who according to tradition flourished in the 3rd-4th century. Ojin is believed to have consolidated imperial power, spearheaded land reform, and actively promoted cultural exchanges ... [2 Related Articles]
- Ojo, Samuel
- (from the article "Mbari Mbayo Club") ...themes were imaginative variations on Yoruba mythology and legend and were always full of humour. Jimoh Buraimoh was known for his mosaic compositions made with local beads, potsherds, or stones. ...
- Ojos del Guadiana
- (from the article "Guadiana River") ...(the true source of the upper Guadiana) and Giguela rivers rise in the wetter mountains of Cuenca province of Spain. To the west of Daimiel these rivers form marshy lakes, ...
- Ojos del Salado, Mount
- (from the article "Selected mountains of the world") ...of Anconcagua the passes include Pircas (16,960 feet), Bermejo (more than 10,000 feet), and Iglesia (13,400 feet). Farther north the passes are more numerous but higher. The peaks of Mounts ...
- Ojukwu, Odumegwu
- Nigerian military leader and politician, who was head of the secessionist state of Biafra during the Nigerian civil war. [1 Related Articles]
- Oka
- (from the article "mineral deposit") ...Palabora, S.Af., mined for copper and apatite (calcium phosphate, used as a fertilizer), plus by-products of gold, silver, and other metals; Jacupiranga, Brazil, a major resource of rare earths; Oka, ...
- Oka
- (from the article "Port Salut cheese") ...kg). It keeps well for several weeks or longer if securely wrapped. Port Salut is widely imitated; American versions tend to be milder, and those from Denmark are generally stronger ...
- Oka Asajiro
- biologist who introduced the theory of evolution to the Japanese public and whose researches into the taxonomical and morphological (relating to form) structures of the leech and tunicate (coated with ...
- Oka River
- river in western Russia. It is the largest right-bank tributary of the Volga. Rising in the Central Russian Upland, it flows 932 miles (1,500 km), first north in a rather ... [3 Related Articles]
- Oka-Akoko
- town, Ondo state, southwestern Nigeria, in the Yoruba Hills, on roads from Owo and Ikare. An agricultural market centre (yams, cassava, corn [maize], rice, palm oil and kernels, okra, and ...
- Okada Beisanjin
- Japanese painter who worked in the bunjin-ga, or literati, style that originated in China and appealed to intellectuals.
- Okada Keisuke
- Japanese admiral and prime minister who attempted to moderate extremist military influence in the government.
- Okada, Eiji
- Japanese actor who starred in such films as the Japanese Woman in the Dunes, the French Hiroshima, Mon Amour, and the U.S. The Ugly American (b. June 13, 1920--d. Sept. ...
- Okafor, Emeka
- (from the article "Basketball") In the men's NCAA tournament, the final rounds of which were held in San Antonio, Texas, UConn's Emeka Okafor towered over everybody, blocking shots and intimidating shooters into hurried attempts. ...
- Okakura Kakuzo
- art critic who had great influence upon modern Japanese art. [6 Related Articles]
- Okamoto Kido
- Japanese dramatist and drama critic who wrote nearly 200 historical Kabuki dramas.
- Okanagan
- (from the article "Plateau Indian") ...the Northwest Coast Indians. The Northern Plateau Salish include the Shuswap, Lillooet, and Ntlakapamux (Thompson) tribes. The Interior Salish live mostly in the Upper Columbia area and include the Okanagan, ...
- Okanogan Highlands
- (from the article "Washington") The Okanogan Highlands, in the northeast, are an extension of the Rocky Mountains. Their north-south ranges, with summits that rise to more than 7,000 feet (2,100 metres), are separated by ...
- Okanoyama Graphic Art Museum
- (from the article "Isozaki Arata") ...solutions to architectural problems. Among his innovative structures of this period are the Kita-Kyushu City Museum of Art (1974), the Fujimi Country Clubhouse in Oita (1974), the Okanoyama Graphic Art ...
- okapi
- (species Okapia johnstoni), cud-chewing hoofed mammal that is placed along with the giraffe (q.v.) in the family Giraffidae (order Artiodactyla). Found in the rainforests of the Congo region, the okapi ... [5 Related Articles]
- Okara
- city, Punjab province, east-central Pakistan. In 1869 it became the headquarters of the tahsil (subdivision) of Okara, supplanting Gugera as headquarters. A flourishing industrial and commercial trade centre, Okara is ...
- Okara, Gabriel
- Nigerian poet and novelist whose verse had been translated into several languages by the early 1960s. [1 Related Articles]
- Okavango River
- fourth longest river system in southern Africa, running basically southeastward for 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from central Angola, where it is known as the Kubango, to the Kalahari (desert) in ... [3 Related Articles]
- Okavango Swamps
- (from the article "marsh") The Okavango Marshes east of the Kalahari desert in Botswana are perhaps the best example of marshes formed in an interior, closed basin that has no drainage. Other basins without ...
- Okawa
- city, Fukuoka ken (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan, on the mouth of the Chikugo-gawa (Chikugo River). It was a fishing port known as Wakatsu during the Tokugawa era (1603-1867), ...
- Okawa Shumei
- ultranationalistic Japanese political theorist whose writings inspired many of the right-wing extremist groups that dominated Japanese politics during the 1930s. Okawa personally organized and participated in many of the major ...
- Okawa, Isao
- Japanese businessman (b. 1926, Osaka, Japan-d. March 16, 2001, Tokyo, Japan), was chairman of the Sega Corp. from 1984 until his death. Okawa was involved with a number of Japanese ...
- Okaya
- city, central Nagano ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan, on the western shore of Lake Suwa. Okaya was a small village until the establishment of its first large ...
- Okayama
- city and prefecture (ken), western Honshu, Japan, bordering the Inland Sea, includes numerous offshore islands. Okayama prefecture has a predominantly agricultural economy. Rice, grapes, peaches,
- Okazaki
- city, south-central Aichi ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It is located in the Mikawa Plain, on the Yahagi River, about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Nagoya. ...
- OKB-1
- (from the article "Energia") ...of Defense code name SS-2) and R-5M (SS-3). In 1950 the department was upgraded to an experimental design bureau (OKB), and in 1956 it formally separated from NII-88 and became ...
- OKB-52
- (from the article "Chelomey, Vladimir Nikolayevich") After an early career in 1944-53 designing copies of the German V-1 "buzz bomb," Chelomey formed a new design bureau known as OKB-52, in Reutov, outside of Moscow, in 1955. ...
- Okeechobee Waterway
- (from the article "Fort Myers") Fort Myers is the western terminus of the cross-state Okeechobee Waterway, linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico via Lake Okeechobee. Tourism is a mainstay of the city's ...
- Okeechobee, Lake
- lake in southeastern Florida, U.S., and the third largest freshwater lake wholly within the country (after Lake Michigan and Iliamna Lake, Alaska). The lake lies about 40 miles (65 km) ... [2 Related Articles]
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- (from the article "Okefenokee Swamp") In 1937, 371,445 acres (150,319 hectares) of swampland, almost all in Georgia, were set aside as the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, with headquarters at Waycross, Ga. The swamp's name probably ...
- Okefenokee Swamp
- swamp and wildlife refuge in southeastern Georgia and northern Florida, U.S. It is a shallow, saucer-shaped depression approximately 25 miles (40 km) wide and 40 miles (65 km) long and ... [2 Related Articles]
- Okehampton
- town ("parish"), West Devon borough, administrative and historic county of Devon, England. It lies on the northern edge of the wild heathland known as Dartmoor. There was originally a Saxon ...
- Okehazama, Battle of
- (from the article "Japan") ...en route by the Oda family. After his father's death Ieyasu was sent to the Imagawa family and spent 12 years there under detention. When, in 1560, Oda Nobunaga destroyed ...
- Okello, Gen. Tito
- Ugandan military officer who helped oust Idi Amin in 1979 and who briefly ruled Uganda following the 1985 military coup that overthrew Pres. Milton Obote (b. 1914--d. June 3, 1996). [1 Related Articles]
- Okello, John
- (from the article "Tanzania") Although the revolution was carried out by only about 600 armed men under the leadership of the communist-trained "field marshal" John Okello, it won considerable support from the African population. ...
- Okene
- town, Kogi state, south-central Nigeria. It lies at the intersection of roads from Lokoja, Kabba, Ikare, Ajaokuta, and Anchi. Originally founded on a hill near the present site, it now ...
- Okha
- city, western Gujarat state, west-central India. It is a port at the western tip of the Kathiawar Peninsula, between the Gulf of Kutch and the Arabian Sea. The city contains ...
- Okhi Mountain
- (from the article "Euboea") ...(3,182 feet [970 metres]). From Telethrion the range trends eastward to the coast. In the centre of the island rises Dhirfis Mountain (5,715 feet [1,742 metres]), while in the south ...
- Okhlopkov, Nikolay Pavlovich
- Soviet experimental-theatrical director and producer. He was one of the first modern directors to introduce productions in the round on an arena stage in an effort to restore intimacy between ... [3 Related Articles]
- Okhotsk, Sea of
- northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean, bounded on the west and north by the east coast of Asia from Cape Lazarev to the mouth of the Penzhina River, on the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Okhranka
- (1881-1917), prerevolutionary Russian secret-police organization that was founded to combat political terrorism and left-wing revolutionary activity. The group's principal mode of operation was through infiltration of labour unions, political parties, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Okhtyrka
- city, northeastern Ukraine, on the Vorskla River. It was founded in 1641 as a fortress protecting the southern frontiers of Muscovy from raids of the Crimean Tatars. It was rebuilt ...
- Okhwang
- (from the article "Poch'ongyo") The religion's belief centres on Okhwangsangje, or "Great Lord of Okhwang (Heaven)." Poch'ongyo professes the four principles of one mind, coexistence, forgiveness, and conquest of disease. By practicing one mind, ...
- Okhwangsangje
- (from the article "Okhwangsangje") deity of the Korean religion known as Poch'ongyo (q.v.).relation to Poch'ongyoPoch'ongyoThe religion's belief centres on Okhwang
- oki
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") Generally speaking, the oki represents all kinds of introductory instrumental sections (aigata, or in this case maebiki) or vocal parts (maeuta) before the entrance of the dancer. The michiyuki usually ...
- Oki Islands
- archipelago, Shimane ken (prefecture), Japan, lying in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Honshu. The largest island is Dogo; the three smaller isles (Chiburi, Nishino, Nakano) are collectively ...
- Oki-Daito Island
- (from the article "Daito Islands") ...miles (350 km) east of Okinawa. North Daito (Kita-Daito) and South Daito (Minami-Daito) islands are the largest of the group and lie close to one another, while the smaller Oki-Daito ...
- Okiek
- a Kalenjin-speaking people of the Southern Nilotic language group inhabiting southwestern Kenya. "Okiek," a Kalenjin word, and "Dorobo," derived from a Maasai term, are both sobriquets meaning "hunter." They refer ...
- Okigbo, Christopher
- Nigerian poet who is one of the best and most widely anthologized African poets. [1 Related Articles]
- okina
- (from the article "Noh theatre") ...is the concluding work. Kyogen, humorous sketches, are performed as interludes between plays. A program may begin with an okina, which is essentially an ...
- Okinawa
- ken (prefecture), Japan, in the East China Sea. The prefecture is composed of the Ryukyu Islands (q.v.). Okinawa Island is the largest in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago, being about 70 ... [1 Related Articles]
- Okinawa
- city, Okinawa ken (prefecture), Japan. It is situated in the central part of Okinawa Island and was designated as a new city in 1974. Originally occupying a region of agriculture ...
- Okinawa habu
- (from the article "fer-de-lance") The Okinawa habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) is a large, aggressive snake found on the Amami and Okinawa groups in the Ryukyu Islands, often in human dwellings. It is usually about 1.5 ...
- Okinawa Island
- (from the article "Okinawa") ken (prefecture), Japan, in the East China Sea. The prefecture is composed of the Ryukyu Islands (q.v.). Okinawa Island is the largest in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago, being about 70 ...
- Okinawa islands
- (from the article "Ryukyu Islands") ...(east). With a total land area of 1,193 square miles (3,090 square km), the Ryukyus consist of 55 islands and islets divided into three major groups: the Amami island chain ...
- Okinawa Trough
- (from the article "East China Sea") ...shallow; almost three-fourths of the sea is less than 650 feet (200 metres), and its average depth is only 1,145 feet (350 metres). Extending alongside the Ryukyu Islands is the ...
- Okinawa, Battle of
- (from the article "The decision to use the atomic bomb") ...(1,220 km) from Tokyo. The Americans took four weeks to defeat the Japanese forces and suffered nearly 30,000 casualties. On April 1, 12 days before he became president, the United ...
- Okipa
- (from the article "Mandan") Mandan religion included many ceremonies and rituals that were performed by the various societies. The Okipa was the most complex of these; a four-day ritual requiring lengthy preparation and self-sacrifice ...
- Okita Saburo
- Japanese economist and government official who was instrumental in developing the plan that doubled Japan's national income in less than 10 years during the 1960s.
- Oklahoma
- constituent state of the United States of America. In its land and its people, Oklahoma is a state of contrast and of the unexpected. The terrain varies from the rolling, ... [18 Related Articles]
- Oklahoma
- (from the article "Dates of 2004") Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party rejects his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
- Oklahoma City
- city, Canadian, Cleveland, and Oklahoma counties, capital of Oklahoma state, U.S., and seat (1907) of Oklahoma county. It lies along the North Canadian River near the centre of the state, ... [5 Related Articles]
- Oklahoma City bombing
- terrorist attack in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., on April 19, 1995, in which a massive homemade bomb concealed in a rental truck exploded, heavily damaging the Alfred P. Murrah Federal ... [3 Related Articles]
- Oklahoma City Zoological Park
- zoo founded in 1904 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., which maintains one of the finest collections of antelopes and other horned ungulates in North America. The 110-acre (45-hectare) zoo has ...
- Oklahoma State University
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S., a part of Oklahoma's State System of Higher Education. The university also operates branch campuses in Okmulgee and Oklahoma City ... [5 Related Articles]
- Oklahoma Territory
- (from the article "Oklahoma") ...ejected, pressure continued until Congress opened some 2,000,000 acres (800,000 hectares) of western Indian Territory, bringing on the famous land run beginning at noon on April 22, 1889. Known as ...
- Oklahoma, flag of
- U.S. state flag consisting of a blue field (background) with a bison-hide shield, an olive branch, and a calumet (Native American peace pipe) above the name of the state in ...
- Oklahoma, University of
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. It is part of Oklahoma's State System of Higher Education. The main campus comprises 14 colleges, including those of architecture, ... [3 Related Articles]
- Okmok Caldera
- (from the article "Fox Islands") ...States is Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) on the island of Unalaska. The mountainous islands contain several active volcanoes, including Makushin Volcano (6,680 feet [2,036 metres]) on Unalaska Island and Okmok Caldera ...
- Okmulgee
- city, seat (1907) of Okmulgee county, east-central Oklahoma, U.S. It lies near the Deep Fork of the North Canadian River, south of Tulsa. Its name (meaning "bubbling water") comes from ...
- Oko languages
- (from the article "Benue-Congo languages") These two groups together consist of three languages spoken by relatively small numbers of people living near the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers.
- Okosuns, Sonny
- Nigerian musician composed songs advocating the Pan-African cause and supporting the reform of African social and political conditions. Okosuns (or Okosun), who sang both in English and in the Nigerian ...
- Okounkov, Andrei
- Russian mathematician awarded a Fields Medal in 2006 "for his contributions bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry."
- okra
- (Hibiscus, or Abelmoschus, esculentus), herbaceous, hairy, annual plant of the mallow family (Malvaceae). It is native to the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere and is widely cultivated or naturalized in ... [2 Related Articles]
- Okrent, Dan
- (from the article "baseball") Rotisserie baseball was invented in 1980 by author Dan Okrent and a group of baseball-minded friends who regularly met at the Manhattan restaurant Le Rotisserie Francais. They formed the core ...
- Okri, Ben
- Nigerian novelist, short-story writer, and poet who used magic realism to convey the social and political chaos in the country of his birth. [1 Related Articles]
- Okrika
- town and port, Rivers state, southern Nigeria. It lies on the north bank of the Bonny River and on Okrika Island, 35 miles (56 km) upstream from the Bight of ...
- Okruashvili, Irakli
- (from the article "Georgia") On September 25 former defense minister Irakli Okruashvili announced the creation of a new opposition movement (For a United Georgia), and in a televised interview he accused Pres. Mikheil Saakashvili ...
- Oktoberfest
- annual festival in Munich, Germany, held over a two-week period and ending on the first Sunday in October. The festival originated on October 12, 1810, in celebration of the marriage ...
- Oktobermanifest
- (from the article "Hussarek von Heinlein, Max Hussarek, Baron") ...the only hope of the moribund Habsburg empire and proposed the creation of an autonomous Croatian state within the imperial framework. On Oct. 16, 1918, he presented a manifesto of ...
- oktoechos
- (from the article "oktoechos") (music), group of eight melody types associated with early Byzantine liturgical chant. See echos.echosechos...is also found in Armenian, Russian, and ...
- Oktyabrsky
- city, Bashkiriya, western Russia, on the right bank of the Ik River. Founded as a settlement in 1937, when extraction of oil began nearby in the Volga-Ural oil and natural-gas ...
- Oku, Mumeo
- Japanese feminist politician who served three terms in the Diet (parliament) after having been a leader in the fight for women's suffrage; she also founded the Housewives Association, Japan's first ...
- Okubo Toshimichi
- Japanese politician and one of the samurai leaders who in 1868 overthrew the Tokugawa family, which had ruled Japan for 264 years, and restored the government of the emperor. After ... [3 Related Articles]
- Okudzhava, Bulat Shalvovich
- Russian poet, writer, and folksinger who was able to conceal enough of his political message within his works, which often dealt with love and longing, that he was never officially ...
- Okuma Kotomichi
- (from the article "Japanese literature") ...especially those of the Genroku masters. Authentic new voices, however, were heard in traditional poetic forms. Later neo-Man'yoshu poets such as Ryokan, Okuma Kotomichi, and Tachibana Akemi ...
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