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Pretoria Pretoria
Pretoria , city (1991 pop. 667,700), Gauteng, administrative capital of South Africa and formerly capital of Transvaal . Pretoria is now part of the Tshwane metropolitan municipality, and in 2005 the metropolitan council voted to rename Pretoria Tshwane, an action not yet approved by the central... Read more
South Pole South Pole
South Pole southern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90° S. It is distinguished from the south magnetic pole . The South Pole was reached by Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, in 1911. See Antarctica .... Read more
Tripura Tripura
Tripura , state (2001 provisional pop. 3,191,168), 4,036 sq mi (10,453 sq km), NE India, bordered by Bangladesh on the north, west, and south, and on the east by the states of Assam and Mizoram. The capital is Agartala . Tripura lies in a mountainous region but has lush lowlands with cane brakes,... Read more
University of the South University of the South
University of the South called Sewanee, at Sewanee, Tenn.; Episcopal; coeducational; chartered 1858, opened 1868. It has a college of arts and sciences and a theological school. The university publishes the Sewanee Review, an influential literary magazine. Bibliography: See history by A. B.... Read more
Thomas Pringle Thomas Pringle
Thomas Pringle Scottish writer Thomas Pringle (1789-1834) is considered the father of South African poetry. He lived in South Africa for six years, during which time he established a family settlement in the Eastern Cape. Unable to make a living as a writer in South Africa, he moved to London... Read more
South Hadley South Hadley
South Hadley residential town (1990 pop. 16,685), Hampshire co., W Mass., on the Connecticut River near the Holyoke Range; settled 1684, inc. 1775. Its paper industry dates from the early 19th cent. Electronic equipment, machinery, metal stampings, and concrete products are also made, although the... Read more
Desmond Mpilo Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu 1931-, South African religious leader. Educated in South Africa and London and ordained in 1961, he became (1975) the first black Anglican dean of Johannesburg. As general secretary of the South African Council of Churches (1978-84) he was an outspoken campaigner against ... Read more
Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach Widely recognized as South Africa's finest Afrikaner poet, Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939) wrote poems characterized by lush, evocative visuals; commanding use of metaphor; and interwoven elements such as Buddhist references, memories of South African landscapes, and Afrikaans... Read more
Church of South India Church of South India
Church of South India Indian Protestant church, formed in 1947 by the merger of Anglican dioceses in India, Myanmar, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka); the Methodist Church of South India; and the South India United Church, which itself was formed in 1908 by a union of Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and... Read more
Mesopotamia Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia [Gr.,=between rivers], ancient region of Asia, the territory about the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, included in modern Iraq. The region extends from the Persian Gulf north to the mountains of Armenia and from the Zagros and Kurdish mountains on the east to the Syrian Desert. From the... Read more

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