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Mahon, Derek

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Mahon, Derek (1941– ), poet, born in Belfast, educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In the 1960s he became associated, together with Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley, with the group known as the ‘Northern Poets’. His poetry, often bleak and uncompromising in its portrayal of urban squalor and deprivation, includes Twelve Poems (1965), Night-Crossing (1968), The Snow Party (1975), The Hunt by Night (1982), A Kensington Notebook (1984), and Antarctica (1985). A collected volume, Poems 1962–1975, appeared in 1979, Selected Poems in 1991. He has also translated Molière's School for Wives (1986) and the Bacchae of Euripides (1991).

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Mahón

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Mahón, Minorca/Balearic Islands Portus Magonis The full name is Puerto de Mahón ‘Port of Mahón’. The Roman name ‘Port of Magon’ honoured the brother of the Carthaginian general Hannibal. The port gave its name to mayonnaise, formerly mahonnaise, a creamy salad dressing, in 1756 when the Duke of Richelieu's chef whipped up a concoction to assuage the Duke's hunger after he had captured the port.

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Mahón

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Mahón , Catalan Maó, town (1990 pop. 24,383), capital and chief town of Minorca island, Baleares prov., Spain, in the W Mediterranean Sea. A port with an excellent natural harbor defended by two fortresses, it is also an important air and naval base. Mahón was named for the Carthaginian general Mago. It shared the history of Minorca .

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Mahon

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Mahon ♂ (Irish) Anglicized form of Mathúin.

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Mahon

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Mahon •Abadan, Abidjan, Amman, Antoine, Arne, Aswan, Avon, Azerbaijan, Baltistan, Baluchistan, Bantustan, barn, Bhutan, Dagestan, darn, dewan, Farne, guan, Hahn, Hanuman, Hindustan, Huascarán, Iban, Iran, Isfahan, Juan, Kazakhstan, khan, Koran, Kurdistan, Kurgan, Kyrgyzstan, macédoine, Mahon, maidan, Marne, Michoacán, Oman, Pakistan, pan, Pathan, Qumran, Rajasthan, Shan, Siân, Sichuan, skarn, soutane, Sudan, Tai'an, t'ai chi ch'uan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Taklimakan, tarn, Tatarstan, Tehran, Tenochtitlán, Turkestan, Turkmenistan, tzigane, Uzbekistan, Vientiane, yarn, Yinchuan, yuan, Yucatán •Autobahn • Lindisfarne •Bildungsroman • Nisan • Khoisan •Afghanistan • bhagwan • Karajan

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