Search results for "Grand" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A canyon or gorge is a deep valley between cliffs, often carved from the landscape by a river. A famous example is the Grand Canyon in Arizona ...14 KB (2,019 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- Nicholas II of Russia was born to the Grand Duchess Maria Fyodorovna ... basis for the rule of the Russian Tsars, as grand dukes of Finland, during ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- [[Image:Statue Sejong le Grand.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Statue of King ... style:solid; border-color:#000099;"|Grand PrinceJinan ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- Frizzel, and George Jones. Joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1943, he opened ... brought Tubb to stardom. Tubb joined the Grand Ole Opry in February 1943 ...8 KB (1,315 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- In 1954, Snow influenced the directors of the Grand Ole Opry to allow ... Ranger," he was invited to play at the Grand Ole Opry in 1950. That same ...7 KB (1,094 words) - 16:10, 22 January 2024
- Sima Qian (c. 145 B.C.E. – 90 B.C.E.) was a prefect of the Grand Scribes of the Han dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- During his playing career, he won three Grand Slam titles. Ashe is also ... tennis circuit. In 1970, he added a second Grand Slam title to his resume ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 11:06, 16 August 2023
- and final phase of construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza is ... ==Grand Egyptian Museum== The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is sited ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- Gediminas (c. 1275 – 1341) was the monarch of medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the title of Grand Duke, but more correctly High King ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 06:32, 18 April 2024
- century. Members of the dynasty were Grand Dukes of Lithuania 1377–1392 ... The later construct for its translation is Grand Duke (for its etymology, ...13 KB (1,810 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- choosing the youngest of his eight sons, Grand Prince Euian, as Crown Prince ... # Grand Prince Jin-an (진안대군), born as Yi Bangwoo (이방우 ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- more than 800,000 acres (3,200 km²) of the Grand Canyon as a national monument ... John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for addition to Grand Teton National Park after ...19 KB (2,589 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2022
- Croce wrote less music in the grand polychoral style than Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, and as a result his music has not maintained the same ...6 KB (867 words) - 20:36, 29 August 2021
- The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument covers 1.9 million acres (2,968.75 square miles) of land in the U.S. state of Utah. The area ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 14:39, 31 December 2022
- wrote settings of the Magnificat in the grand Venetian polychoral style ... humour which was characteristic of Italian grand opera down to the death of ...5 KB (733 words) - 05:27, 24 November 2022
- Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) ... XIV founded it in 1693. It was comprised of grand crosses, commanders and chevaliers ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- into ruin. Sima Qian, in his Records of the Grand Historian, ... matched those in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian, ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- After Galileo's death on January 8, 1642, Grand Duke Ferdinando ... practical problem. Pump-makers of the Grand Duke of Tuscany attempted ...8 KB (1,143 words) - 04:50, 23 March 2024
- Gibson honed her talent to capture eleven Grand Slam championships during ... and in 1956, she won her first Grand Slam titles, capturing the ...19 KB (2,597 words) - 08:38, 23 July 2023
- In 1891, the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Georgia, bought ... * Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Georgia. Roster and History ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
