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Pahang: region, eastern West Malaysia (Malaya). Its eastern coastline stretches along the South China Sea. Pahang occupies the vast Pahang River basin, which is enclosed by the Main Range to the ...
Pahang River: river in Pahang region, West Malaysia (Malaya). It is the longest river on the Malay Peninsula. It rises in two headstreams, the Jelai and Tembeling, about 10 miles (16 km) ...
Pahari: people of mixed descent who constitute about three-fifths the population of Nepal and a majority of the population of neighbouring Himalayan India (in Himachal Pradesh and northern Uttar Pradesh). They ...
Pahari languages: group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas (pahari is Hindi for "of the mountains"). Three divisions are distinguished: Eastern Pahari, represented by Nepali of Nepal; ...
Pahari painting: style of miniature painting and book illustration that developed in the independent states of the Himalayan foothills in India. The style is made up of two markedly contrasting schools, the ...
Pahiatua: town, Manawatu-Wanganui local government region, southern North Island, New Zealand, at the confluence of the Mangatainoka River and Mangaramarama Creek, 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Wellington. It was founded ...
Pahlavi alphabet: until the advent of Islam (7th century AD); the Zoroastrian sacred book, the Avesta, is written in a variant of Pahlavi called Avestan.
Pahlavi language: major form of the Middle Persian language (see Persian language), which existed from the 3rd to the 10th century and was the official language of the Sasanian empire (AD 226-652). ...
Pahud de Mortanges, Charles Ferdinand: Dutch equestrian who was one of the most successful riders in Olympic history, winning four gold medals and a silver in the 1920s and '30s.
Pai-ch'eng: city, northwestern Kirin sheng (province), China. The region was originally a hunting ground reserved for the Mongols and was not opened for legitimate colonization by the Chinese until 1902; it ...
Pai-se: city in western Kwangsi Chuang autonomous ch'u (region), China. It lies along the Yu River, which flows southeast to Nan-ning, and is situated at its junction with its tributary, the ...
paideia: (Greek: "education," or "learning"), system of education and training in classical Greek and Hellenistic (Greco-Roman) cultures that included such subjects as gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and ...
Paige, Satchel: American professional baseball pitcher whose prowess became legendary during his many years in the Negro leagues; he finally was allowed to enter the major leagues in 1948 after the unwritten ...
pain: a complex experience consisting of a physiological and emotional response to a noxious stimulus. Pain is a warning mechanism that protects an organism by influencing it to withdraw from harmful ...
Paine, John Knowles: composer and organist, the first American to win wide recognition as a composer and the first professor of music at an American university.
Paine, Robert Treat: American politician, jurist, member of the Continental Congress (1774-78), and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Paine, Thomas: English-American writer and political pamphleteer whose "Common Sense" and "Crisis" papers were important influences on the American Revolution. Other works that contributed to his reputation as one of the greatest ...
Painesville: city, seat (1840) of Lake county, northeastern Ohio, U.S., near the mouth of the Grand River and Lake Erie, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Cleveland. The site, first settled ...
Painleve, Paul: French politician, mathematician, and patron of aviation who was prime minister at a crucial period of World War I and again during the 1925 financial crisis.
paint: decorative and protective coating commonly applied to rigid surfaces as a liquid consisting of a pigment suspended in a vehicle, or binder. The vehicle, usually a resin dissolved in a ...
Painted Desert: section of the high plateau in north-central Arizona, U.S. The Painted Desert extends from the Grand Canyon in a southeasterly direction along the north side of the Little Colorado River ...
painted lady: any of certain butterflies of the genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera), specifically V. virginiensis in North and Central America and V. cardui in Africa and Europe. The adults have ...
painted snipe: either of two species of marsh birds comprising the family Rostratulidae (order Charadriiformes). They are boldly marked birds with a snipelike body and bill. Painted snipes are about 25 cm ...
painted turtle: (Chrysemys picta), brightly marked North American turtle (family Emydidae) found from southern Canada to northern Mexico. The painted turtle is a smooth-shelled reptile with a shell about 10 to 18 ...
Painter, Theophilus Shickel: American zoologist and cytologist who first identified individual genes in the chromosomes of fruit flies.
Painter, William: English author whose collection of tales The Palace of Pleasure, based on classical and Italian originals, served as a sourcebook for many Elizabethan dramatists.
painting: the expression of ideas and emotions, with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities, in a two-dimensional visual language. The elements of this language-its shapes, lines, colours, tones, and textures-are used ...
painting, Western: history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.
pair production: in physics, formation or materialization of two electrons, one negative and the other positive (positron), from a pulse of electromagnetic energy traveling through matter, usually in the vicinity of an ...
Pais, El: (Spanish: "The Country"), daily newspaper published in Madrid, an independent paper dedicated to the promotion of democratic ideals in post-Franco Spain.
Paisiello, Giovanni: Neapolitan composer of operas admired for their robust realism and dramatic power.
Paisley: large burgh (town) and an industrial centre, Renfrewshire council area and historic county, west-central Scotland, 7 miles (11 km) west of Glasgow. It is situated on the River White Cart, ...
paisley: textile pattern characterized by colourful, curved abstract figures; it is named for the shawls manufactured at the town of Paisley, Scot. When, about 1800, patterned shawls made from the soft ...
Paisley, Ian: militant Protestant leader in the sectarian conflict that divided Northern Ireland from the 1960s, and a member of the British Parliament (from North Antrim) since 1970 and the European Parliament ...
Paiute: either of two distinct American Indian groups that speak languages of the Numic group of the Uto-Aztecan family. The Southern Paiute, who speak Ute, at one time occupied southern Utah, ...
pajamas: loose, lightweight trousers worn in the East, or a loose two-piece suit of silk, cotton, or synthetic material worn for sleeping or lounging.
Pajon, Claude: French Protestant theologian who was influential during the later Reformation.
Pajou, Augustin: French sculptor and decorator known mainly for his portrait busts of figures, such as his patroness, Madame du Barry, and for directing the decoration of the Versailles opera house.
Pakistan: country in South Asia. It is bounded to the west by Iran, to the north by Afghanistan, to the northeast by China, to the east and southeast by India, and ...
Pakistan, Church of: denomination inaugurated in Pakistan in 1970 and comprising former Anglican, Methodist, Scottish Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches and mission bodies. It is the only church in the world joining Lutherans with ...
Pakokku: town, central Myanmar (Burma), on the Irrawaddy River below its junction with the Chindwin. A trading centre for the Chindwin and Yaw river valleys, the town deals in timber and ...
Pakxe: town, in the southern panhandle of Laos, at the confluence of the Xedon and Mekong rivers. Before 1966 Pakxe functioned as the chief port of entry of Laos. East of ...
Pala Dynasty: ruling dynasty in Bihar and Bengal, India, from the 8th to the 12th century. Its founder, Gopala, was a local chieftain who rose to power in the mid-8th century during ...
palace: royal residence, and sometimes a seat of government or religious centre. The word is derived from the Palatine Hill in Rome, where the Roman emperors built their residences. As a ...
Palace Museum: in Beijing, museum housed in the main buildings of the former Imperial Palaces (see also Forbidden City). It exhibits valuable objects from Chinese history.
Palacio Valdes, Armando: one of the most popular 19th-century Spanish novelists, distinguished by his optimism, his charming heroines, his realism, and his qualities of moderation and simplicity.
Palacky, Frantisek: the founder of modern Czech historiography and a leading figure in the political life of 19th-century Bohemia.
Palade, George E.: Romanian-born American cell biologist who developed tissue-preparation methods, advanced centrifuging techniques, and conducted electron microscopy studies that resulted in the discovery of several cellular structures. With Albert Claude and Christian ...
Palaeologus family: Byzantine family that became prominent in the 11th century, the members of which married into the imperial houses of Comnenus, Ducas, and Angelus. Michael VIII Palaeologus, emperor at Nicaea in ...
Palaeospondylus: genus of enigmatic fossil vertebrates that were very fishlike in appearance but of uncertain relationships. Palaeospondylus, from the Middle Devonian epoch (387 to 374 million years ago), has been found ...
Palaic language: ancient Indo-European language of northwest Anatolia. Modern knowledge of the language comes from 21 passages dealing with the cult of the deity Ziparwa that appear in the cuneiform tablets found ...
Palais-Royal Theatre: Paris playhouse most noted for 17th-century productions by Moliere.
Palamas, Kostis: Greek poet who was important in the evolution of modern Greek literature.
Palamas, Saint Gregory: Orthodox monk, theologian, and intellectual leader of Hesychasm, an ascetical method of mystical prayer that integrates repetitive prayer formulas with bodily postures and controlled breathing. He was appointed bishop of ...
Palamedes: in Greek legend, the son of Nauplius, king of Euboea, and a hero of the Trojan War. Palamedes is a prominent figure in post-Homeric legends about the siege of Troy. ...
Palana: urban settlement and administrative centre of Koryak autonomous okrug (district), Kamchatka oblast (province), far eastern Russia. The settlement is situated on the western coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula and lies ...
Palangkaraya: kotamadya (municipality), capital of Kalimantan Tengah provinsi ("province"), Borneo, Indonesia. Palangkaraya lies west of the Kahayan River. It was occupied by the Japanese during World War II and was the ...
Palanpur: city, Gujarat state, west-central India. It lies in the lowlands between the Aravalli Range and the Kathiawar Peninsula. The former capital of the princely state of Palanpur, the city is ...
Palar River: river in southern India. It rises near the Ponnaiyar River, southwest of Chintamani, in Karnataka state, and flows 183 miles (295 km) southeastward through Tamil Nadu state to the Bay ...
palas: pileless, handwoven floor covering made in most of the rug-weaving areas of the Middle East. The term is used variously as a label for rugs woven in different techniques, and ...
palatal: in phonetics, a consonant sound produced by raising the blade, or front, of the tongue toward or against the hard palate just behind the alveolar ridge (the gums). The German ...
palatalization: in phonetics, the production of consonants with the blade, or front, of the tongue drawn up farther toward the roof of the mouth (hard palate) than in their normal pronunciation. ...
palate: in vertebrate anatomy, the roof of the mouth, separating the oral and nasal cavities. It consists of an anterior hard palate of bone and, in mammals, a posterior soft palate ...
Palatinate: in German history, the lands of the count palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Geographically, the Palatinate was divided between two small ...
Palatine: village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. Palatine is a suburb of Chicago, lying about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of the city. The community, established in 1855 when a Chicago ...
palatine: any of diverse officials found in numerous countries of medieval and early modern Europe. Originally the term was applied to the chamberlains and troops guarding the palace of the Roman ...
Palatine Chapel: imperial chapel of Charlemagne, now forming the central component of the cathedral in Aachen, Germany. Considered a masterpiece of Carolingian architecture because of its intricately designed core, Aachen Cathedral also ...
Palatine Hill: four-sided plateau rising 131 feet (40 m) south of the Forum in Rome and 168 feet (51 m) above sea level. It has a circumference of 5,700 feet (1,740 m). ...
Palatka: city, seat (1849) of Putnam county, northeastern Florida, U.S., on the broad St. Johns River, about 50 miles (80 km) south of Jacksonville. Beginning in the 17th century the area ...
Palau: country in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of some 340 coral and volcanic islands perched on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge. The Palau archipelago lies in the southwest corner of Micronesia, ...
Palauan language: major language of Palau, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is classified as belonging to the eastern branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages. Like Chamorro, which is spoken ...
Palaung: hill people of the Shan region and adjacent areas of eastern Myanmar (Burma), as well as southwestern Yunnan province of China. They numbered about 240,000 in the late 20th century ...
Palaungic languages: branch of the Mon-Khmer group of the Austroasiatic languages. Palaungic languages are spoken primarily in Myanmar (Burma) and secondarily in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan province in China. The members ...
Palawan: island, the southwesternmost large island of the Philippines. Palawan is long and narrow and trends northeast-southwest between the South China and Sulu seas. It has an area of 4,550 square ...
Palayankottai: city, southern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It lies across the Tambraparni River from its twin city of Tirunelveli. Palayankottai is a residential and educational centre in the Tirunelveli urban ...
Palazzolo Acreide: town, Siracusa provincia, southeastern Sicily, Italy. It lies in the Iblei Mountains, west of Syracuse. The successor to the Syracusan colony of Acrae (founded nearby in 663 BC), which was ...