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Malabo Malabo
Malabo , city (1997 est. pop. 50,000), capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Bioko island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the chief port and commercial center of Bioko. Fish processing is the city's main industry, and cacao and coffee are the leading exports. Malabo was founded in 1827 by the British on... Read more
Guinea Guinea
Guinea , an archaic term for the west coast of Africa. In its widest sense it has been applied to the region from Angola to Senegal. Parts of the region bore names originating in early colonial trade, notably Grain Coast , Ivory Coast (see Côte d'Ivoire ), Gold Coast (see Ghana , country),... Read more
Wrong Wrong
WRONG A violation, by one individual, of another individual's legal rights. The idea of rights suggests the opposite idea of wrongs, for every right is capable of being violated. For example, a right to receive payment for goods sold implies a wrong on the part of the person who owes, but does... Read more
Dracunculiasis Dracunculiasis
DRACUNCULOSIS Guinea worm, or dracunculosis, is a helminth infection. The adult female worm is about a meter in length and a millimeter in diameter. It lives in subcutaneous tissue, often embracing a male worm. Males are about 2.5 centimeters long. The female consists almost entirely of a uterus to... Read more
Libreville Libreville
Libreville , city (1993 est. pop. 362,400), capital of Gabon, a port on the Gabon River estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. Primarily an administrative center, it is also a trade center for a lumbering region. The city was founded in 1843 as a French trading station. Freed slaves were sent there, and... Read more
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836-1907, American author and editor, b. Portsmouth, N.H. His most widely read work was The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), a vigorous narrative based on his own boyhood. His short stories, especially those in Marjorie Daw and Other People (1873), are noted for their... Read more
Mezzanine financing Mezzanine financing
Mezzanine Financing Mezzanine financing is a hybrid between debt and equity. In a multi-tiered financing of an operation, for instances, the sources of money will be senior debt, senior subordinated debt, subordinated debt, mezzanine debt, and finally the owner's own equity. In other words, the... Read more
Notogea Notogea
Notogea The Australian faunal region, which possesses a very distinctive fauna. It comprises Australia (including Tasmania), New Guinea, New Zealand, and the islands to the south and east of Wallace's line. It can be subdivided into the Australian, Polynesian, and Hawaiian regions. Compare ARCTOGEA;... Read more
Wrongful Death Wrongful Death
WRONGFUL DEATH The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons. If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action against... Read more
dry season dry season
dry season A period each year during which there is little precipitation. In tropical climates (e.g. over much of India) the dry period is often in the winter season. In places in very low latitudes, two dry seasons may occur each year, between the northward and southward passage of the equatorial... Read more

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