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Tarn River: river, in southwestern France. It has its source south of Mont Lozere at an elevation of 5,167 ft (1,575 m) in the Massif Central. After a course of 233 mi ...
Tarnobrzeg: city, Podkarpackie wojewodztwo (province), southeastern Poland. Located on the eastern bank of the Vistula River on trade routes linking Warsaw to the cities of southeastern Poland, Tarnobrzeg ...
Tarnow: city, Malopolskie wojewodztwo (province), southeastern Poland, near the confluence of the Biala and Dunajec (a tributary of the Vistula) rivers. It is an industrial city, producing mainly ...
Tarnowski, Jan: army commander and political activist notable in Polish affairs.
taro: herbaceous plant of the family Araceae. Probably native to southeastern Asia, whence it has spread to the Pacific islands, it has become a staple crop cultivated for its large, starchy, ...
tarogato: single-reed wind instrument, widely played in the folk music of Romania and, especially, Hungary. It resembles a wooden soprano saxophone, but its conical bore is narrower.
Taronga Zoological Park: zoo located in Taronga Park, Sydney, Australia, one of the outstanding zoos in Australia. It first opened in 1881 in Sydney as the Moore Park Zoo and was run by ...
tarot: any of a set of cards used in tarot games and in fortune-telling. Tarot decks were invented in Italy in the 1430s by adding to the existing four-suited pack a ...
tarot game: trick-taking game played with a tarot deck, a special pack of cards containing a fifth suit bearing miscellaneous illustrations and acting as a trump suit. The cards are known as ...
tarpan: European wild horse that survived in small herds in remote parts of central Europe during the Middle Ages but became extinct early in the 20th century. It is likely that ...
Tarpeia: in Roman mythology, daughter of the commander of the Capitol in Rome during the Sabine War. Traditionally, she offered to betray the citadel if the Sabines would give her what ...
tarpon: any of certain marine fish of the family Megalopidae (order Elopiformes), related to the bonefish and the ladyfish and identified by the elongated last dorsal fin ray and the bony ...
Tarpon Springs: city, Pinellas county, west-central Florida, U.S., on the Anclote River bayous between Lake Tarpon and the Gulf of Mexico, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Tampa. The area was ...
Tarquin: traditionally the fifth king of Rome, accepted by some scholars as a historical figure and usually said to have reigned from 616 to 578.
Tarquin: traditionally the seventh and last king of Rome, accepted by some scholars as a historical figure. His reign is dated from 534 to 509.
Tarquinia: town and episcopal see of Viterbo provincia, Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy. It lies 4 miles (7 km) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea, just north of Civitavecchia. The town developed ...
Tarradellas i Joan, Josep: Catalan political leader who led the struggle for an autonomous Catalonia as head of the Catalan government-in-exile (1939-77) and as interim president (1977-80).
tarragon: (species Artemisia dracunculus), bushy aromatic herb of the family Asteraceae (Compositae), the dried leaves and flowering tops of which are used to add tang and piquancy to many culinary dishes, ...
Tarragona: capital of Tarragona provincia, in the comunidad autonoma ("autonomous community") of Catalonia, northeastern Spain. It lies at the mouth of the Francoli River, on a hill (500 feet [150 m]) ...
Tarragona: provincia, in the comunidad autonoma of Catalonia, northeastern Spain. It borders the Mediterranean Sea. With Barcelona, Gerona, and Lerida provinces, Tarragona became one of the four component provinces of the ...
Tarrasa: town, Barcelona provincia, in the comunidad autonoma ("autonomous community") of Catalonia, in northeastern Spain. Tarrasa lies along the coastal plain, just northwest of Barcelona city. The successor of Egara, a ...
Tarrasch, Siegbert: German chess master and physician who was noted for his books on chess theories.
Tarrytown: village, in Greenburgh town (township), Westchester county, southeastern New York, U.S. A northern suburb of New York City, it is just northwest of White Plains, where the Hudson River widens ...
tarsal: any of several short, angular bones that in humans make up the ankle and that-in animals that walk on their toes (e.g., dogs, cats) or on hoofs-are contained in the ...
tarsier: any of six or more species of small leaping primates found only on various islands of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines. Tarsiers are intermediate in form between lemurs and monkeys, ...
Tarski, Alfred: Polish-born American mathematician and logician who made important studies of general algebra, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and metamathematics.
Tarsus: city, south-central Turkey, on the Tarsus River, about 12 miles (20 km) from the Mediterranean coast. It is an ancient city, on the alluvial plain of ancient Cilicia, the birthplace ...
Tartaglia, Niccolo Fontana: Italian mathematician who originated the science of ballistics.
tartan: cross-checkered repeating pattern (or "sett") of different coloured bands, stripes, or lines of definite width and sequence, woven into woolen cloth (sometimes with silk added). Although such patterns have existed ...
tartaric acid: a dicarboxylic acid, one of the most widely distributed of plant acids, with a number of food and industrial uses. Along with several of its salts, cream of tartar (potassium ...
Tartarus: the infernal regions of ancient Greek mythology. The name was originally used for the deepest region of the world, the lower of the two parts of the underworld, where the ...
Tartessus: ancient region and town of the Guadalquivir River valley in southwestern Spain, probably identical with the Tarshish mentioned in the Bible. It prospered from trade with the Phoenicians and Carthaginians ...
Tartini, Giuseppe: Italian violinist, composer, and theorist who helped establish the modern style of violin bowing and formulated principles of musical ornamentation and harmony.
Tartu: old university city of Estonia, on the Emajogi River. The original settlement of Tarbatu dates from the 5th century; in 1030 the Russians built a fort there called Yuryev. From ...
Tartus: town, western Syria, situated on the Mediterranean coast opposite Arwad Island. It was founded in antiquity as Antaradus, a colony of Aradus (now Arwad Island). It was rebuilt in AD ...
Taruc, Luis: Philippine leader (1942-54) of the communist Huk (Hukbalahap) movement.
Tarumanegara: the oldest recorded kingdom in western Java. It was established about the 5th century AD, but little is recorded about the kingdom except for a sketchy account by a Chinese ...
tarweed: any sticky, hairy plant of the genus Madia of the family Asteraceae, consisting of about 18 species. They are native for the most part to western South America.
Tarzan: one of the best-known and most durable figures of popular fiction, the hero of jungle adventures in nearly 30 novels and dozens of motion pictures.
Tasaday: small group of people living in the highland rain forest of Mindanao, in the Philippines. Before their existence was first reported by anthropological investigators in 1971, the Tasaday, numbering about ...
Tashauz: city, northern Turkmenistan, in the western Khorezm oasis. The Shavat Canal, which gets its water from the nearby Amu Darya (river), divides the city into northern and southern sections. Originally ...
tashbih: (Arabic: "assimilating"), in Islam, anthropomorphism, comparing God to created things. Both tashbih and its opposite, ta'til (divesting God of all attributes), are regarded as sins in Islamic theology. The difficulty ...
Tashkent: capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city in Central Asia. Tashkent lies in the northeastern part of the country. It is situated at an elevation of 1,475 to 1,575 feet ...
Tashkent Agreement: (Jan. 10, 1966), accord signed by India's prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (who died the next day) and Pakistan's president Ayub Khan, ending the 17-day war between Pakistan and India ...
tashlik: (Hebrew: "you will cast"), traditional Jewish religious ceremony, still observed by Orthodox Jews, that entails visiting a body of water following the afternoon service on Rosh Hashana (or, if this ...
Tasian culture: possibly the oldest-known cultural phase in Upper Egypt (c. 4500 BC).
Tasikmalaya: city, southeastern Jawa Barat provinsi (West Java province), western Java, west-central Indonesia. The city is located in the mountainous Preanger region, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast ...
Tasman: unitary authority, northwestern South Island, New Zealand. It is bounded by Tasman and Golden bays and Nelson city on the northeast. Administratively, it is bordered by Marlborough unitary authority and ...
Tasman Peninsula: peninsula in southeastern Tasmania, Australia, connected to the Forestier Peninsula to the north by a narrow isthmus, Eaglehawk Neck. Measuring 17 by 12 miles (27 by 19 km) and occupying ...
Tasman Sea: section of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, between the southeastern coast of Australia and Tasmania on the west and New Zealand on the east; it merges with the Coral Sea to ...
Tasman, Abel Janszoon: greatest of the Dutch navigators and explorers, who discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga, and the Fiji Islands. On his first voyage (1642-43) in the service of the Dutch East India ...
Tasmania: island state of Australia, lying about 150 miles (240 kilometres) south of the state of Victoria, from which it is separated by the relatively shallow Bass Strait. Physically, Tasmania forms ...
Tasmanian: any member of the extinct Australoid population of Tasmania. The Tasmanians were an isolate population of Aboriginal Australians, not a separate or distinctive population, who were cut off from the ...
Tasmanian cedar: any of three species of evergreen conifers of the genus Athrotaxis, of the deciduous cypress family (Taxodiaceae), native to the temperate rain forests of Tasmania. Two of the species are ...
Tasmanian devil: stocky carnivorous marsupial with heavy forequarters, weak hindquarters, and a large squarish head. The Tasmanian devil is named for the Australian island-state of Tasmania, its only native habitat. Vaguely bearlike ...
Tasmanian languages: extinct languages spoken before 1877 by the indigenous people of Tasmania, who are also now extinct. No relationship between the Tasmanian languages and any other languages of the world has ...
Tasmanian Wilderness: area of remarkable natural beauty and ecological diversity in southwestern, western, and central Tasmania, Australia. Designated a World Heritage site in 1982, its area was extended to some 5,300 square ...
Tassie, James: Scottish gem engraver and modeler known for reproductions of engraved gems and for portrait medallions (round or oval tablets bearing figures), both made from a hard, fine-textured substance that he ...
Tassili-n-Ajjer: area in southern Algeria where prehistoric rock paintings (and many engravings) were discovered first in 1910 and subsequently in the 1930s and '60s.
Tasso, Bernardo: Italian courtier and poet who was the father of Torquato Tasso, the greatest Italian poet of the late Renaissance.
Tasso, Torquato: greatest Italian poet of the late Renaissance, celebrated for his heroic epic poem Gerusalemme liberata (1581; "Jerusalem Liberated"), dealing with the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade.
Tassoni, Alessandro: Italian political writer, literary critic, and poet, remembered for his mock-heroic satiric poem La secchia rapita (The Rape of the Bucket), the earliest and, according to most critics, the best ...
taste: the detection and identification by the sensory system of dissolved chemicals placed in contact with some part of an animal. Because the term taste is commonly associated with the familiar ...
tat tvam asi: (Sanskrit: "thou art that"), in Hindu philosophy, the famous expression of the relationship between the individual and the absolute. The statement is frequently repeated in the sixth chapter of the ...
Tata: oasis, southwestern Morocco. Situated in an arid region at the extreme northwestern edge of the Sahara, Tata oasis is located in a canyon watered by three wadis descending from Mount ...
Tata Family: family of Indian industrialists and philanthropists who founded ironworks and steelworks, cotton mills, and hydroelectric-power plants that proved crucial to India's industrial development.
Tatabanya: town and seat of Komarom-Esztergom megye (county), northwestern Hungary. Lying in the valley of the Gallei River, between the Vertes Hills to the south and the Gerecse Mountains to the ...
tatami: rectangular mat used as a floor covering in Japanese houses. It consists of a thick straw base and a soft, finely woven rush cover with cloth borders. A tatami measures ...
Tatar: any member of several Turkic-speaking peoples that collectively numbered more than 5 million in the late 20th century and lived mainly in west-central Russia along the central course of the ...
Tatar language: northwestern (Kipchak) language of the Turkic subfamily of Altaic languages. It is spoken in the republic of Tatarstan in west-central Russia and in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and China. There are ...
Tatar Strait: narrow passage of the northwest Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Japan (south) to the Sea of Okhotsk between Sakhalin Island (east) and the Asian mainland. From 4.5 to 213 ...
Tatarescu, Gheorghe: Romanian diplomat and politician who, as premier of Romania (1934-37, 1939-40), was unable to stem the tide of fascism.
Tatarstan: republic in the east-central part of European Russia. The republic lies in the middle Volga River basin around the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers. Kazan (q.v.) is the ...
Tate galleries: art museums in the United Kingdom that house the national collection of British art from the 16th century and the national collection of modern art. There are four branches: the ...
Tate, Allen: American poet, teacher, novelist, and a leading exponent of the New Criticism. In both his criticism and his poetry, he emphasized the writer's need for a tradition to adhere to; ...
Tate, James: American poet noted for the surreal imagery and ironic stance of his poetry.