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- (from the article "Yap Islands") archipelago of the western Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia. The archipelago comprises the islands of Gagil-Tamil, Maap, Rumung, and Yap (also called Rull, Uap, and Yapa), within a coral ...
- Yap Islands
- archipelago of the western Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia. The archipelago comprises the islands of Gagil-Tamil, Maap, Rumung, and Yap (also called Rull, Uap, and Yapa), within a coral ... [4 Related Articles]
- Yap Trench
- deep submarine trench in the western Pacific Ocean located east of the Yap Ridge and the Yap island group. The Yap Trench is about 400 miles (650 km) long from ...
- Yapen Island
- island, in Sarera Bay off the northern coast of Irian Jaya provinci (province), Indonesia. Its area of 936 square miles (2,424 square km) has an elevated central ...
- Yapese language
- (from the article "Micronesian languages") In addition, two Micronesian languages, Yapese and Nauruan, are of uncertain relation to the Nuclear Micronesian group. Nuclear Micronesian languages are similar in phonology and close enough in structure to ...
- yapok
- (from the article "yapok") marsupial mammal, a species of opossum (q.v.).opossumsopossumThe water opossum, or yapok (Chironec
- yaqin
- (from the article "mushahadah") in Sufi (Muslim mystic) terminology, the vision of God obtained by the illuminated heart of the seeker of truth. Through mushahadah, the Sufi acquires yaqin (real certainty), which cannot be ...
- Yaque del Norte River
- river in central and northwestern Dominican Republic, the largest river in the country. Its headstreams rise on the northern slopes of the Cordillera Central, uniting to descend northward into the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Yaque del Sur River
- river in southwestern Dominican Republic, one of the nation's three most important river systems. Its headstreams arise on the southern slopes of the Cordillera Central, uniting near Duarte Peak. The ... [1 Related Articles]
- Yaqui
- Indian people centred in southern Sonora state, on the west coast of Mexico. They speak the Yaqui dialect of the language called Cahita, which belongs to the Uto-Aztecan language family. ... [6 Related Articles]
- Yaqui River
- river in Sonora state, northwestern Mexico. Formed in the Sierra Madre Occidental by the junction of the Bavispe and Papigochi rivers near the U.S. border, the Yaqui flows generally southward ... [1 Related Articles]
- Yaquian languages
- (from the article "Uto-Aztecan languages") The languages of the Sonoran division comprise (1) the Piman group, or Pimic, including Papago, Pima Bajo (or Lower Pima), Tepecano, and northern and southern Tepehuan; (2) the Yaquian, or ...
- Yaquina Head Light House
- (from the article "Newport") ...and bottling plants, boat-building and repairing industries, and tourist facilities. The Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center and Oregon Coast Aquarium are located there, and the Yaquina Head Light ...
- Yar'Adua, Shehu Musa
- Nigerian major general (ret.) and former vice president in Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo's military government (1976-79) who, amid international protests, was convicted in 1995 of conspiring to overthrow Gen. Sani Abacha's ...
- Yar'Adua, Umaru Musa
- On May 29, 2007, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) was inaugurated as Nigeria's 13th president in the capital of Abuja. The ceremony marked the first time ... [5 Related Articles]
- Yaracuy
- estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. It is bounded by the states of Falcon (north), Carabobo (east), Cojedes (south), and Lara (west). It lies within a tropical zone and has an area ...
- yarara
- (from the article "Plata, Rio de la") Reptiles include the iguana lizard, two species of caiman (a crocodilian), the water boa, the rattlesnake, the cross viper, and the yarara (the most prevalent South American representative of the ...
- Yarara
- (from the article "Military Affairs") An Argentine company developed the first-ever unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) produced in South America. Named Yarara, the UAV was designed for reconnaissance missions.
- Yarborough, Cale
- U.S. stock-car racing driver who was the first to win the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) championship three consecutive years.
- Yarborough, Ralph
- (from the article "Kennedy, John F.") ...votes, thus receiving a mandate for major legislative reforms. One obstacle to his plan was a feud in Vice President Johnson's home state of Texas between Governor John B. Connally, ...
- Yarbrough, Ex parte
- (from the article "Miller, Samuel Freeman") ...to be aspects of state rather than of federal citizenship, Miller unwittingly deprived the federal government of jurisdiction over many problems of the political and social equality of blacks. In ...
- Yarbus, Alfred L.
- (from the article "photoreception") ...that the eye takes in visual information. Saccades can be reflexive in nature-for example, when an object appears in one's peripheral field of view. However, as Russian psychologist Alfred L. ...
- yard
- (from the article "British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures") ...Winchester, after the ancient capital of Britain, where the 10th-century Saxon king Edgar the Peaceable kept a royal bushel measure and quite possibly others. Fourteenth-century statutes recorded a yard (perhaps ...
- Yard, Molly
- American political activist (b. July 6, 1912, Shanghai, China-d. Sept. 21, 2005, Pittsburgh, Pa.), served as president of the National Organization of Women from 1987 to 1991. Though she was ...
- yard-of-ale glass
- tall, extremely narrow drinking glass that was known in England from the 17th century. It is approximately 1 yard (90 cm) long and holds about 1 pint (0.5 litre). The ...
- yardage
- (from the article "football, gridiron") ...Athletic Association of the United States, which became the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910. To reduce mass play, the group at its initial meeting increased the yardage required ...
- yardang
- large area of soft, poorly consolidated rock and bedrock surfaces that have been extensively grooved, fluted, and pitted by wind erosion. The rock is eroded into alternating ridges and furrows ...
- Yardbirds, the
- 1960s British musical group best known for their inventive conversion of rhythm and blues into rock. The original members were Keith Relf (b. March 22, 1943, Richmond, Surrey, Eng., -d. ... [2 Related Articles]
- Yardley, George Harry
- American basketball player (b. Nov. 23, 1928, Hollywood, Calif.-d. Aug. 12, 2004, Newport Beach, Calif.), was the first player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) to score over 2,000 points ...
- Yardley, Herbert Osborne
- American cryptographer who organized and directed the U.S. government's first formal code-breaking efforts during and after World War I.
- Yardley, John Finley
- American aeronautical engineer (b. Feb. 1, 1925, St. Louis, Mo.-d. June 26, 2001, Chesterfield, Mo.), was responsible for helping to coordinate the first manned spaceflights conducted by the U.S. Yardley ...
- Yare, River
- stream in the county of Norfolk, Eng., which enters the North Sea 25 miles (40 km) east of Norwich. It flows sluggishly across Norfolk to Norwich, where it is joined ... [1 Related Articles]
- Yared, Gabriel
- (from the article "1996: Other Winners") ...Screenplay: Billy Bob Thornton for Sling BladeCinematography: John Seale for The English PatientArt Direction: Stuart Craig for The English PatientOriginal Dramatic Score: Gabriel Yared for The English PatientOriginal Musical or ...
- Yaren
- (from the article "Nauru") Area: 21.2 sq km (8.2 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 10,200 | Capital: Government offices in Yaren district | Head of state and government: Presidents Ludwig Scottyand, ...
- Yari, Sima
- (from the article "Literature") ...nist ("Not My Turn Today") were the most notable among numerous works chronicling the social forays and private experiences of urban women. Kilid ("The Key") by Sima Yari was the ...
- Yariga, Mount
- (from the article "Hida Range") ...m]), rest upon the granitic foundation. The Hida Range as a whole is characterized by rugged landforms dissected by deep river gorges. The highest peaks are found near the centre ...
- Yarikh
- ancient West Semitic moon god whose marriage to the moon goddess Nikkal (Sumerian: Ningal, "Queen") was the subject of a poem from ancient Ugarit. The first part of the poem ...
- Yarim
- town, southwestern Yemen. It lies in the heart of the Yemen Highlands, on an upland plateau dominated by the massif of nearby Mount Sumarah, which rises to about 10,000 feet ...
- Yarim-Lim
- (from the article "Alalakh") ...city in the Orontes (Asi) valley, southern Turkey. Excavations (1936-49) by Sir Leonard Woolley uncovered numerous impressive buildings, including a massive structure known as the palace of Yarim-Lim, dating from ...
- Yarinacocha
- (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") ...two smaller similar sites are also known. The old centres at El Paraiso and Rio Seco had been abandoned, but, in the highlands, Kotosh continued to be occupied. Any constructions ...
- Yariris
- (from the article "Anatolia") ...following two generations, but his existence is known from a few Hieroglyphic Luwian texts. The sons of Asti-Ruwas are thought to have been reared and protected by a "guardian" called ...
- Yarkand
- oasis city, southwestern Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, far western China. It is situated in an oasis watered by the Yarkand River at the western end of the Tarim River ...
- Yarkand River
- a headstream of the Tarim River in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, in extreme western China. The Yarkand, which is 600 miles (970 km) long, rises in the Karakoram ... [2 Related Articles]
- Yarkand rug
- (from the article "Kashgar rug") ...covering handwoven at Kashgar (Kashi) in Chinese Turkistan (now the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang). The Kashgar rugs are difficult to distinguish from the similar ones of Khotan (Hotan) and ...
- Yarmouth
- town, seat of Yarmouth county, southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies at the Atlantic entrance to the Bay of Fundy, 210 miles (339 km) by road west of Halifax. The ...
- Yarmouth Interglacial Stage
- major division of Pleistocene deposits and time (1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago) in North America. The Yarmouth Interglacial was named for deposits that were studied in the region of Yarmouth, ...
- Yarmuk River
- river, a tributary of the Jordan River, in southwest Asia. For most of its course, the Yarmuk forms the boundary between Syria to the north and Jordan to the south, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Yarmuk River, Battle of the
- (from the article "Jordan") ...menace of a new power that had arisen in Arabia. In 636 the Muslims-led by the famous "Sword of Islam," Khalid ibn al-Walid-destroyed a Byzantine army at the Battle of ...
- yarmulka
- (from the article "religious dress") ...aid in concentrating during prayer. Formerly, however, it was always wrapped around the head. In orthodox Judaism, the head is invariably covered during worship, usually by a skullcap known as ...
- yarn
- continuous strand of fibres grouped or twisted together and used to construct textile fabrics. [5 Related Articles]
- Yaroslav I
- grand prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054. [4 Related Articles]
- Yaroslavl
- oblast (province), western Russia. It has an area of 14,100 square miles (36,400 square km) and lies in the upper Volga River basin. Most of the oblast is a low ...
- Yaroslavl
- city and administrative centre of Yaroslavl oblast (province), western Russia. It lies on the right bank of the Volga River, 175 miles (282 km) northeast of Moscow. Yaroslavl is believed ... [1 Related Articles]
- Yarqon River
- river in west-central Israel, the principal perennial stream flowing almost entirely within the country. The name is derived from the Hebrew word yaroq ("green"); it was formerly called by the ...
- Yarra River
- river, south-central Victoria, Australia. It rises near Mount Matlock in the Eastern Highlands and flows westward for 153 miles (246 km) through the Upper Yarra Dam, past the towns of ... [2 Related Articles]
- yarran
- (from the article "acacia") A few acacias produce valuable timber, among them the Australian blackwood (A. melanoxylon); the yarran (A. homalophylla), also of Australia; and A. koa of Hawaii. Sweet acacia (A. farnesiana) is ...
- Yarrawonga
- town on the Murray River, Victoria, Australia. Mulwala, its twin town in New South Wales, lies on the opposite side of the river. Located on the Murray Valley Highway and ...
- yarrow
- any of about 115 species of perennial herbs constituting the genus Achillea in the family Asteraceae, and native primarily to the North Temperate Zone. They have toothed, often finely cut ... [2 Related Articles]
- Yarse
- (from the article "Burkina Faso") Two principal ethnic groups live in Burkina Faso. The first of these is the Voltaic (Gur) group, which may be further divided into five subgroups-the Mossi, which include the Gurma ...
- Yaruro
- South American Indian people inhabiting the tributaries of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Their language, also called Yaruro, is a member of the Macro-Chibchan linguistic group. [3 Related Articles]
- Yas, Banu
- (from the article "United Arab Emirates") The Al Qawasim thus lost power and influence in the region, and the Banu Yas tribal confederation of Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) became dominant. The Banu Yas were centred on ...
- Yasa
- (from the article "Iran") ...members of his subject people. After 1258 it was gone altogether, while Hulegu Khan showed considerable religious eclecticism and had, in any event, the yasa, or tribal ...
- Yasa' ibn Midrar
- (from the article "North Africa") ...the Miknasah. After the establishment of Sijilmassah, however, it became the foremost centre of trans-Saharan trade in the western Maghrib. At the zenith of its power during the reign of ...
- Yasawa Group
- chain of about 20 volcanic islands in Fiji, South Pacific Ocean. The islands lie northwest of Viti Levu, the principal Fijian island. They were sighted in 1789 by Capt. William ...
- Yashin, Lev Ivanovich
- Russian football (soccer) player considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game. In 1963 he was named European Footballer of the Year, the only ...
- yashmak
- long, narrow face screen or veil traditionally worn in public by Muslim women. The yashmak can consist of a piece of black horsehair attached near the temples and sloping down ...
- Yashodhara
- (from the article "Buddhism") ...arm. His early life was one of luxury and comfort, and his father protected him from exposure to the ills of the world, including old age, sickness, and death. At ...
- Yasht
- (from the article "Mithraism") ...attempting to eradicate the old beliefs still dear to the heart of many nobles. Thus, the religion of Zoroaster was gradually contaminated with elements of the old, polytheistic worship. Hymns ...
- Yaska
- (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...the model of a potter making pots determined much philosophical thinking, as did that of a magician conjuring up tricks in the Advaita (nondualist) Vedanta. The nirukta (etymology) of Yaska, ...
- Yasna
- (from the article "Gahanbar") ...liturgical rites are first celebrated: the Afringan, being prayers of love or praise; the Baj, prayers honouring yazatas (angels) or fravashis (guardian spirits); the Yasna, the central Zoroastrian rite, which ...
- Yasnaya Polyana
- village and former estate of the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, in Tula oblast (province), west-central Russia. It lies 100 miles (160 km) south of Moscow. Yasnaya Polyana ("Sunlit Meadows") was ...
- Yasovarman
- (from the article "India") ...Harsha, establishing closer ties between the two realms. After the death of Harsha, the kingdom of Kannauj entered a period of decline until the early 8th century, when it revived ...
- Yasovarman I
- (from the article "Cambodia") Indravarman's son and successor, Yasovarman I (ruled c. 890-c. 910), moved the capital again, this time closer to Siemreab, to a location that subsequently became Angkor-a name derived from the ...
- Yasovarman II
- (from the article "Jayavarman VII") ...the death of his father, King Dharanindravarman II (ruled 1150-60), Jayavarman was engaged in a military campaign in Champa, and, after the accession of his brother (or possibly his cousin), ...
- Yasovijaya
- (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...century AD) the first great logician. Other important figures are Akalanka (8th century), Manikyanandi, Vadideva, Hemchandra (12th century), Prabhachandra (11th century), and Yasovijaya (17th century).
- Yass
- town, southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It lies along the Yass River, which is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee. The Yass Plains, on the Western Slopes of the Eastern Highlands, ...
- Yass Plains
- (from the article "Yass") town, southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It lies along the Yass River, which is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee. The Yass Plains, on the Western Slopes of the Eastern Highlands, ...
- Yasse
- (from the article "art, African") ...and is supposed not to be an artifact at all, the carver in this case is anonymous. Members of the corresponding male society, Poro, also wear masks, although they are ...
- Yassi Ada
- (from the article "archaeology") ...was a pioneer underwater excavation, as was the work of the Americans Peter Throckmorton and George Bass off the coast of southern Turkey. In 1958 Throckmorton found a graveyard of ...
- Yassin, Sheikh Ahmed
- Palestinian Islamist leader (b. mid-1930s?, Tor, Palestine [now in Israel]-d. March 22, 2004, Gaza City, Israel), cofounded and provided spiritual inspiration for the militant Palestinian organization Hamas. Yassin grew up ... [4 Related Articles]
- Yassine, Abdessalam
- (from the article "Morocco") ...at this point of contention, he showed some flexibility: In 1994 a number of political prisoners with ties to religious groups critical of the monarchy were pardoned by Hassan, and ...
- Yastrzemski, Carl
- American professional baseball player who spent his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox (1961-83). Brooks Robinson, of the Baltimore Orioles, is the only other player to have spent ...
- Yasuda Group
- (from the article "zaibatsu") The four main zaibatsu were Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Yasuda, but there were many smaller concerns as well. All of them developed after the Meiji Restoration (1868), at which time ...
- Yasuda Yukihiko
- original name Yasuda Shinzaburo painter who excelled in depicting historical personages in the tradition of Japanese painting but augmented them with a psychological dimension.
- Yasuda Zenjiro
- entrepreneur who founded the Yasuda zaibatsu ("financial clique"), the fourth largest of the industrial and financial combines that dominated the Japanese economy until the end of World War II. [1 Related Articles]
- Yasui Sotaro
- Japanese painter who excelled in drawing in the Western style. He was particularly famous for his portraits.
- Yasukuni Shrine
- (from the article "China") ...Fukuda, who succeeded Abe. Fukuda's moderate views on China promised to help improve relations between the two economic giants. Fukuda also indicated that as prime minister he would not visit ...
- Yasunari Kawabata Prize
- (from the article "Literature") ...I Used to Belong") and Yoru o yuku hikoki ("A Plane over the Night") and a cookbook, Kanojo no kondate-cho ("Her Recipes"). Kakuta also won the Yasunari Kawabata Prize for ...
- Yasus Moa
- (from the article "Zagwe Dynasty") Later legends, modifying the circumstances of the Zagwes' overthrow, attribute much importance to Yasus Moa, a monk who founded a community in the region of Lake Haik and who, the ...
- yatana sarira
- (from the article "death") ...and the chief mourner and a priest are ready to carry out the first sraddha (ritual of respect). This is a step toward the reconstitution of a more substantial physical ...
- Yatenga, kingdom of
- (from the article "Mossi states") ...of the Volta River (within the modern republics of Burkina Faso [Upper Volta] and Ghana) including in the south Mamprusi, Dagomba, and Nanumba, and in the north Tenkodogo, Wagadugu (Ouagadougou), ...
- Yates
- county, west-central New York state, U.S., comprising a hilly upland region bounded by Canandaigua Lake to the northwest, Keuka Lake to the south, and Seneca Lake to the east. Other ...
- Yates, Edmund Hodgson
- English journalist and novelist who made respectable both the gossip column and the society paper.
- Yates, Paula
- British television presenter (b. April 24, 1959, Colwyn Bay, Wales-d. Sept. 17, 2000, London, Eng.), was a co-presenter on the music show The Tube (1982-87) and on The Big Breakfast ...
- Yates, Richard
- (from the article "American literature") ...in John Updike's Rabbit, Run (1960) and Rabbit Redux (1971); Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye (1951); and the troubling madman in Richard Yates's powerful novel ...
- Yates, Richard
- (from the article "Grant, Ulysses S.") At the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, Grant helped recruit, equip, and drill troops in Galena, then accompanied them to the state capital, Springfield, where Governor Richard ...
- Yathill
- (from the article "Arabia, history of") ...which is at the eastern end of the Wadi al-Jawf and on the western border of the Sayhad sands. The Minaeans had a second town surrounded by impressive and still ...
- Yatim Taq
- (from the article "Afghanistan") ...been natural gas deposits, with large reserves near Sheberghan near the Turkmenistan border, about 75 miles (120 km) west of Mazar-e Sharif. The Khvajeh Gugerdak and Yatim Taq fields were ...
- Yatpan
- (from the article "Aqhat Epic") ...including herself, in exchange for the bow, but Aqhat rejected all of them. Anath then plotted to kill Aqhat, luring him to a hunting party where she, disguised as a ...
- Yatsuhashi
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...as a student of Hosui, a student of Kenjun, developed his own version of such music. He added compositions in more popular idioms and scales, named himself Yatsuhashi Kengyo, and ...
- Yatsuhashi Kengyo
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...blind musician named Johide, claimed as a student of Hosui, a student of Kenjun, developed his own version of such music. He added compositions in more popular idioms and scales, ...
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