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Uitlander
(Afrikaans: "outlander"), any British or other non-Afrikaner immigrant in the Transvaal region in the 1880s and '90s. The prospect of gold lured large numbers of newcomers to Johannesburg, where they ...
uji
any of the hereditary lineage groups that, until their official abolition in AD 604, formed the basic, decentralized ruling structure of early Japan. They are often referred to as the ...
Uji
city, Kyoto fu (urban prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Uji River in the southeastern corner of the Kyoto Basin. It developed in about the 7th century as ...
ujigami
in the Shinto religion of Japan, the tutelary deity of a village or geographic area. The meaning of ujigami has undergone considerable evolution over the centuries, mainly because of the ...
Ujjain
city, western Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is located just east of the Sipra River. Ujjain, one of seven sacred Hindu cities, is the site of the Kumbh Mela ...
Ujung Pandang
kotamadya (municipality) and capital, Sulawesi Selatan provinsi (province), Celebes, Indonesia. It lies on the western side of the most southerly peninsula of Celebes.
Ujung-Kulon National Park
national park on the island of Java, in Jawa Barat provinsi (province), Indonesia. It is best known as the last refuge of the one-horned Javan rhinoceros. A remote area of ...
Ukemochi no Kami
(Japanese: "Goddess Who Possesses Food"), in Shinto mythology, the goddess of food. She is also sometimes identified as Wakaukanome ("Young Woman with Food") and is associated with Toyuke (Toyouke) Okami, ...
Ukhta
industrial city, Komi republic, northwestern Russia, on the Ukhta River. It was founded as the village of Chibyu in 1931 and became a city in 1943, when it was linked ...
Ukiah
city, seat (1859) of Mendocino county, northwestern California, U.S. It lies on the Russian River, 60 miles (100 km) north-northwest of Santa Rosa and 100 miles (160 km) north of ...
ukiyo-e
(Japanese: "pictures of the floating world"), one of the most important genres of art of the Tokugawa period (1603-1867) in Japan. The style is a mixture of the realistic narrative ...
Ukko
in Finnish folk religion, the god of thunder, one of the most important deities. The name Ukko is derived from ukkonen, "thunder," but it also means "old man" and is ...
Ukraine
country located in eastern Europe, after Russia the second largest on the continent. It is bordered by Belarus on the north, Russia on the east, the Sea of Azov and ...
Ukrainian Catholic church
largest of the Eastern Catholic churches, in communion with Rome since the Union of Brest-Litovsk (1596). Byzantine Christianity was established among the Ukrainians in 988 by St. Vladimir (Volodimir) and ...
Ukrainian language
East Slavic language spoken in Ukraine and in Ukrainian communities in neighbouring Belarus, Russia, Poland, and Slovakia. Ukrainian is a lineal descendant of the colloquial language used in Kievan Rus ...
Ukrainian literature
the body of writings in the Ukrainian language. The earliest writings of the Ukrainians, works produced in Kievan Rus from the 11th to the 13th century, were composed in Church ...
Ukrainka, Lesya
poet, dramatist, short-story writer, essayist, and critic who was the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature and a leading figure in its modernist movement.
ukulele
(Hawaiian: "flea"), small guitar derived from the machada, or machete, a four-stringed guitar introduced into Hawaii by the Portuguese in the 1870s. It is seldom more than 24 inches (60 ...
Ulaanbaatar
capital and largest city of Mongolia. It is situated on the Tuul River on a windswept plateau at an elevation of 4,430 feet (1,350 m). The city originated as a ...
Ulam, Stanislaw Marcin
mathematician who played a major role in the development of the hydrogen bomb at Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.
ulama
the learned of Islam, those who possess the quality of 'ilm, "learning," in its widest sense. From the 'ulama', who are versed theoretically and practically in the Muslim sciences, come ...
Ulan-Ude
city and capital of Buryatiya, east-central Russia. It lies at the confluence of the Selenga and Uda rivers and in a deep valley between the Khamar-Daban and Tsagan-Daban mountain ranges. ...
Ulanova, Galina
first prima ballerina assoluta of the Soviet Union and one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century.
Ulbricht, Walter
German Communist leader and head of the post-World War II German Democratic Republic, or East Germany.
ulcer
a lesion or sore on the skin or mucous membrane resulting from the gradual disintegration of surface epithelial tissue. An ulcer may be superficial, or it may extend into the ...
ulcerative colitis
inflammation of the large intestine (colon), especially of its mucous membranes, characterized by patches of tiny ulcers in the inflamed membranese. The most common symptoms of ulcerative colitis are bloody ...
ulexite
borate mineral that consists of hydrated sodium and calcium borate (NaCaB5O9·8H2O). Individual crystals are colourless and have a vitreous lustre, whereas the more common nodular, rounded, or lenslike crystal aggregates ...
Ulfilas
Gothic Wulfila Christian bishop and missionary who evangelized the Goths, reputedly created the Gothic alphabet, and wrote the earliest translation of the Bible into a Germanic language. Although his life ...
Ulhasnagar
city, northwestern Maharashtra state, western India. It lies northeast of Mumbai (Bombay). Part of the Thana industrial area, it specializes in the manufacture of chemicals and silk and nylon textiles. ...
uli figure
wooden statue of a type carved in the villages of northern and central New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, that represents an ancestral or mythological personage in the secret uli rites. ...
Ulithi
coral atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, in the western Pacific Ocean. Its islets have a total land area of 1.75 square miles (4.5 square km).
Ull
in Norse mythology, the god of snowshoes, hunting, the bow, and the shield; he was a handsome stepson of the thunder god Thor. Ull possessed warrior-like attributes and was called ...
Ulladulla
town, southeastern New South Wales, southeastern Australia. It lies 40 miles (65 km) south of Jervis Bay. The town was established in the 1820s as an anchorage for ships importing ...
Ullathorne, William Bernard
Roman Catholic missionary to Australia and first bishop of Birmingham, Eng. He was influential in securing the final abolition (1857) of the British system of transporting convicts to Australia.
Ullmann, Liv
Norwegian actress known for her natural beauty and intelligent, complex performances. Her name is closely linked to that of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, with whom she worked in several films.
Ullng Island
volcanic island, North Kyongsang do (province), South Korea. It lies in the East Sea (Sea of Japan), 75 miles (120 km) off the northeastern coast of South ...
Ullswater
lake, in the administrative county of Cumbria, on the border between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland in the Lake District of England. It is the Lake District's second ...
Ulm
city, Baden-Wurttemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies on the left bank of the Danube River at its junction with the Iller and the Blau, opposite the ...
Ulm, Battle of
(Sept. 25-Oct. 20, 1805), major strategic triumph of Napoleon, conducted by his Grand Army of about 210,000 men against an Austrian Army of about 72,000 under the command of Baron ...
Ulmaceae
the elm family of the nettle order (Urticales), with 15 genera of trees and shrubs, distributed primarily throughout temperate regions. Members of the family have watery sap, and its leaves ...
Ulmanis, Karlis
a leader in the fight for Latvian independence in the early decades of the 20th century. He was the first head of the Latvian Republic in 1918 and again in ...
ulna
inner of two bones of the forearm (when viewed with the palm facing forward), present in all land vertebrates.
Ulothrix
genus of filamentous green algae found in marine and fresh waters; it survives best at low temperatures and thrives during winter and spring months. Each cell contains a distinct nucleus, ...
Ulpian
Roman jurist and imperial official whose writings supplied one-third of the total content of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I's monumental Digest, or Pandects (completed 533). He was a subordinate to ...
Ulrich
duke of Wurttemberg (1498-1519, 1534-50), a prominent figure in the German religious Reformation.
Ulrich von Hutten
Franconian knight and Humanist, famed as a German patriot, satirist, and supporter of Luther's cause. His restless, adventurous life, reflecting the turbulent Reformation period, was occupied with public and private ...
Ulrich, Saint
Ulrich also spelled Ulric bishop and patron saint of Augsburg, the first person known to have been canonized by a pope.
Ulrika Eleonora
Swedish queen whose short reign (1718-20) led to Sweden's Age of Freedom-a 52-year decline of absolutism in favour of parliamentary government.
Ulsan
city, Kyongsang-namdo (South Kyongsang Province), southeastern South Korea. At the eastern end of T'aebaek-sanmaek (mountains), facing the Sea of Japan (East Sea), on Ulsan-man (bay), it is 45 mi (72 ...
Ulster
county, southeastern New York state, U.S., bordered by the Hudson River to the east and the Catskill Mountains to the northwest. The varied terrain is drained by the Wallkill and ...
Ulster
one of the ancient provinces of Ireland, and subsequently the northernmost of Ireland's four traditional provinces (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Connaught [Connacht]). Because of the Ulster cycle of ...
Ulster cycle
in ancient Irish literature, a group of legends and tales dealing with the heroic age of the Ulaids, a people of northeast Ireland from whom the modern name Ulster derives. ...
Ulster Defence Association
loyalist organization founded in Northern Ireland in 1971 to coordinate the efforts of local Protestant vigilante groups in the sectarian conflict in the province.
Ulster Unionist Party
oldest and traditionally most successful Unionist party in Northern Ireland and the party of government in the province from 1921 to 1972. The UUP was a branch of the British ...
Ulster Volunteer Force
illegal Protestant paramilitary organization founded in Northern Ireland in 1966. Its name was taken from a Protestant force organized in 1912 to fight against Irish Home Rule. Augustus (Gusty) Spence ...
Ulster, Hugh de Lacy, earl of
one of the most powerful Anglo-Norman lords in Ulster (in Ireland) in the first half of the 13th century.
Ulster, Richard de Burgh, 2nd earl of
one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries, a member of a historic Anglo-Irish family, the Burghs, and son of Walter de Burgh ...
ultima Thule
in literature, the furthest possible place in the world. Thule was the northernmost part of the habitable ancient world. (See Thule culture.) References to ultima Thule in modern literature appear ...
ultimobranchial gland
in biology, any of the small bodies in the pharynx that develop behind the fifth pair of gill pouches in the vertebrate embryo. In mammals the ultimobranchial tissue has become ...
Ultisol
one of the 12 soil orders in the U.S. Soil Taxonomy. Ultisols are reddish, clay-rich, acidic soils that support a mixed forest vegetation prior to cultivation. They are naturally suitable ...
ultra
the extreme right wing of the royalist movement in France during the Second Restoration (1815-30). The ultras represented the interests of the large landowners, the aristocracy, clericalists, and former emigres. ...
Ultra
Allied intelligence project that, in tapping the very highest level of communications among the German armed forces, as well as (after 1941) those of the Japanese armed forces, contributed to ...
Ultraism
movement in Spanish and Spanish American poetry after World War I, characterized by a tendency to use free verse, complicated metrical innovations, and daring imagery and symbolism instead of traditional ...
ultramarine
pigment in the gem lapis lazuli, used by painters as early as the European Middle Ages. Ore containing the colour was ground, and the powdered lapis lazuli was separated from ...
ultramicroscope
microscope arrangement used to study colloidal-size particles that are too small to be visible in an ordinary light microscope. The particles, usually suspended in a liquid, are illuminated with a ...
Ultramontanism
(from Medieval Latin ultramontanus, "beyond the mountains"), in Roman Catholicism, a strong emphasis on papal authority and on centralization of the church. The word identified those northern European members of ...
ultrasonics
vibrations of frequencies greater than the upper limit of the audible range for humans-that is, greater than about 20 kilohertz. The term sonic is applied to ultrasound waves of very ...
ultrasound
in medicine, the use of high-frequency sound (ultrasonic) waves to produce images of structures within the human body. Ultrasonic waves are sound waves that are above the range of sound ...
ultraviolet astronomy
study of the ultraviolet spectra of astronomical objects. It has yielded much important information about chemical abundances and processes in interstellar matter, the Sun, and certain other stellar objects, such ...
ultraviolet radiation
that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum extending from the violet, or short-wavelength, end of the visible light range to the X-ray region. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is undetectable by the human ...
Ulua River
river in northwestern Honduras. Its headstreams rise deep in the central highlands, draining much of northwestern Honduras. The Ulua proper, about 150 miles (240 km) long, is formed by the ...
Ulugh Beg
grandson of the Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) and one whose primary interest was in the arts and intellectual matters. Under his brief rule the Timurid dynasty of Iran reached its ...
Ulundi
town, northern KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. It lies on the north bank of the White Mfolozi (Umfolozi) River. The site was chosen by Cetshwayo for his new capital when he ...
Ulvang, Vegard
Norwegian Nordic skier known both for his successful racing career and for his many adventurous trips throughout the world; he skied across Greenland and climbed some of the highest mountain ...
Ulverstone
town, northern Tasmania, Australia. It lies near the mouth of the River Leven on Bass Strait. Surveyed by 1855 and named after Ulverston, Eng., in the English Lake District, it ...
Ulyanovsk
city and administrative centre of Ulyanovsk oblast (province), western Russia. It lies along the Volga River at its confluence with the Sviyaga. Founded in 1648, it was a key fortress ...

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