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L'Aquila
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
L'Aquila or L'Aquila degli Abruzzi , city (1991 pop. 66,813), capital of L'Aquila prov. and of Abruzzi, central Italy, on the Pescara River. It is an agricultural and industrial center, and a summer resort. A motorway that connects...
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Aquila
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aquila [Lat.,=the eagle], equatorial constellation located...star Eta Aquilae. The brightest nova ever seen occurred in Aquila in 1918. Other novas were observed in Aquila in 389 and 1899; two were observed there in 1936. Aquila...
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Aquila Ponticus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aquila Ponticus , 2d cent., Jewish translator...into Greek. The characteristic feature of Aquila's version was its extremely literal rendering...the Hebrew. No complete specimen exists. Aquila is said to have been a convert from Christianity...
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Rose, Aquila
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Rose, Aquila (c.1695–1723), English‐born poet and typographer, arrived in Philadelphia some time before 1717 and...
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Abruzzi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...bordering on the Adriatic Sea in the east. L'Aquila is the capital of the region, which is divided into Chieti, L'Aquila, Pescara, and Teramo provs. (named for their...Molise. There are universities at Chieti and L'Aquila.
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Eagles
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...winter well south of their breeding range. The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos ) is an uncommon species in North America, breeding...vicinity of lakes and large rivers in Africa. The imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca ) and spotted eagle (A. clanga ) are somewhat smaller...
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Nova
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...in December 1999, a bright, naked-eye nova appeared in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle. At its maximum, the nova was as bright as many of the stars in Aquila. For a few days at least, viewers were treated to the spectacle of a truly...
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Keimer, Samuel
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...in the Caribbean. He is remembered mainly because of the lively account of him in Franklin's autobiography. It also tells of Franklin's setting into type Keimer's Elegy on the Much Lamented Death of …Aquila Rose (1723).
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Naples, Kingdom of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...000 inhabitants, and rural populations clustered around provincial capitals, coastal enclaves, or localized markets in Aquila, Foggia, Bari, Lecce, Taranto, Reggio di Calabria, and Salerno, whose regional economies were tied to Tuscan, Venetian...
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Cygnus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of its brightest stars form a huge Latin cross. Its most famous star is Deneb , at the head of the cross, forming a large triangle with Vega in Lyra and Altair in Aquila. Cygnus reaches its highest point in the evening sky in September.
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