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- reign name (nianhao) of the third emperor (1402-24) of China's Ming dynasty (1368-1644), which he raised to its greatest power. He moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, which was rebuilt with the Forbidden City. [11 Related Articles]
- Yongle dadian
- Chinese compilation that was the world's largest known encyclopaedia. Compiled during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) by thousands of Chinese scholars under the direction of the Yongle emperor (reigned 1402-24), it was completed in 1408. The work contained 22,937 manuscript rolls, ... [6 Related Articles]
- Yongsan River
- river, southwestern South Korea. Rising in extreme northern Cholla-namdo (North Cholla Province), the Yongsan River flows southwest into the Yellow Sea near Mokp'o. The drainage basin is South Korea's most important rice growing area and was the scene in the ...
- Yongzheng
- reign name (nianhao) of the third emperor (reigned 1722-35) of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911/12), during whose rule the administration was consolidated and power became concentrated in the emperor's hands. [4 Related Articles]
- yongzhong
- (from the article "zhong") The suspended bells fall into two main categories: those with a straight handle plus a lug at the top, which are suspended slantwise on a wooden frame, are called yongzhong; those having a ring that allows for ...
- yoni
- in Hinduism, aniconic representation of the female sexual organ and the symbol of the goddess Shakti, the feminine generative power and, as a goddess, the consort of Shiva. The yoni is often associated in the iconography of Shaivism with the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Yonkers
- city, Westchester county, southeastern New York, U.S., on the east shore of the Hudson River, in a hilly region north of the Bronx, New York City. The site, once a major village, Nappeckamack, of the Manhattan Indians, was acquired by ...
- Yonli, Ernest Paramanga
- (from the article "Burkina Faso") Area: 267,950 sq km (103,456 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 14,326,000 | Capital: Ouagadougou | Chief of state: President Blaise Compaore | Head of government: Prime Ministers Paramanga Ernest Yonli and, from June 4, Tertius Zongo | BRITANNICA ...
- Yonne
- (from the article "Burgundy") ...region of France encompassing the central departements of Cote-d'Or, Saone-et-Loire, Nievre, and Yonne. Burgundy is bounded by the regions of Ile-de-France and Champagne-Ardenne to the north, Franche-Comte to the east, Rhone-Alpes...wine production
- Yonne River
- river, north central France, a left-bank tributary of the Seine River. From its source in the Nievre departement at the foot of Mont Preneley, located in the Morvan heights west of Autun, to its confluence with the Seine at Montereau, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Yono
- (from the article "Saitama") ...highway between Osaka and Edo (Tokyo) during the Tokugawa period (1603-1867), and both grew rapidly in the 20th century, especially after World War II. Between them was the much smaller Yono, which did not become urbanized until after the war ...
- Yoon Young Kwan
- (from the article "Korea, Republic of") ...newly elected Pres. Roh Moo Hyun was at the centre of controversy as 2004 began, but by the second half of the year, he was in a stronger position than ever before. In January Foreign Minister Yoon Young Kwan was ...
- Yopal
- town and capital of Casanare departamento, eastern Colombia. The original settlement (caserio) of Yopal was founded in 1935 by Pedro Pablo Gonzalez, and it has been the seat of Casanare intendency (now departamento) since the creation of Casanare in 1974. ...
- Yorba Linda
- city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. The area was explored by a Spanish expedition in 1769, and in 1801 Juan Pablo Grijalva received a Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana; Grijalva's sons-in-law, the Peraltas and the ...
- Yorck von Wartenburg, Johann, Graf
- Prussian field marshal, reformer, and successful commander during the Wars of Liberation (1813-15) against France. His initiative in signing a separate neutrality agreement with Russia during the Napoleonic invasion of that country (Convention of Tauroggen, 1812) opened the way for ... [1 Related Articles]
- Yordan, Philip
- (from the article "1954: Other Winners") Screenplay: George Seaton for The Country GirlMotion Picture Story: Philip Yordan for Broken LanceStory and Screenplay: Budd Schulberg for On the WaterfrontCinematography, Black-and-White: Boris Kaufman for On the WaterfrontCinematography, Color: Milton Krasner for Three Coins in the FountainArt...
- yorde merkava
- (from the article "Judaism") ...advent of God's kingdom) and documents of certain sects (Dead Sea Scrolls) and the writings, preserved in Hebrew, of the "explorers of the supernatural world" (yorde merkava). The latter comprise ecstatic hymns, descriptions of the "dwellings" (
- Yorick Club
- (from the article "Clarke, Marcus") ...convicted of a crime, who falls into the degradation of the convict world. It was written melodramatically in a style of almost garish realism. Clarke enjoyed good company and helped to found the Yorick Club, which numbered among its members ...
- Yorimitsu
- one of the most popular of the legendary Japanese warrior heroes and a member of the martial Minamoto clan. In his exploits he is always accompanied by four trusty lieutenants. One adventure concerns his vanquishing the boy-faced giant Shuten-doji ("Drunkard ...
- York
- (from the article "Clark, William") ...modifying the keelboat they were to use, engaging the participation of several Kentuckians, and drilling the men during their winter camp. The Corps of Discovery (which included Clark's slave York) departed on May 14, 1804, with Clark operating as the ...
- York
- city and unitary authority, geographic county of North Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It lies at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss, about midway between London and Edinburgh. It is the cathedral city of the archbishop ... [1 Related Articles]
- York
- county, southern Pennsylvania, U.S., bordered to the northeast and east by the Susquehanna River, to the south by Maryland, and to the northwest by Yellow Breeches Creek. It consists of a hilly piedmont region that rises to the Blue Ridge ...
- York
- town, York county, southwestern Maine, U.S., situated at the mouth of the York River on the Atlantic Ocean, 43 miles (69 km) southwest of Portland. York includes the communities of York Village, Cape Neddick, York Beach, and York Harbor. Settled ...
- York
- city, seat (1749) of York county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., on Codorus Creek, 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Harrisburg. It is the focus of a metropolitan district that includes the boroughs of North York and West York and a number ... [1 Related Articles]
- York
- county, northern South Carolina, U.S. North Carolina forms the northern border, the Catawba River part of the eastern border, and the Broad River part of the western border. On the northern border is Lake Wylie, created by one of the ...
- York
- county, extreme southwestern Maine, U.S. It is located in a coastal region bordered by New Hampshire to the west and southwest (that border largely defined by the Salmon Falls and Piscataqua rivers), the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the ...
- York
- former city (1983-98), southeastern Ontario, Canada. In 1998 it amalgamated with the cities of Toronto, Etobicoke, Scarborough, and North York and the borough of East York to form the City of Toronto. York was established as a borough in 1967, ... [1 Related Articles]
- York and Albany, Frederick Augustus, duke of
- second son of King George III of Great Britain, younger brother of George IV, and British field commander in two unsuccessful campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.
- York Factory
- historical settlement in northeastern Manitoba, Canada. It lies at the mouth of the Hayes River, on Hudson Bay. It was the site of a Hudson's Bay Company post (Fort Nelson) built in 1683 and destroyed in 1684 by the French; ...
- York plays
- a cycle of 48 plays, dating from the 14th century, of unknown authorship, which were performed during the Middle Ages by craft guilds in the city of York, in the north of England, on the summer feast day of Corpus ... [2 Related Articles]
- York Realist
- (from the article "York plays") ...of the York plays, about 14 plays (mainly those concerning Christ's Passion) were redacted into alliterative verse. These are powerful and the work of a dramatic genius, often referred to as the York Realist.
- York Retreat
- (from the article "mental disorder") ...and dungeons were replaced by sunny rooms; patients were also permitted to exercise on the hospital grounds. Among other reformers were the British Quaker layman William Tuke, who established the York Retreat for the humane care of the mentally ill ...
- York round
- (from the article "archery") ...Toxophilite Society in 1787 and set the prince's lengths of 100 yards (91 metres), 80 yards (73 metres), and 60 yards (55 metres); these distances are still used in the British men's championship York round (six dozen, four dozen, and ...
- York, Alvin Cullum
- celebrated American hero of World War I, immortalized by the film version of his life story, Sergeant York (1941). [1 Related Articles]
- York, Cape
- northernmost point of the Australian continent, comprising the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, in the state of Queensland. The cape juts north-northeast from the peninsula into Torres Strait, which separates it from the island of New Guinea. The cape ...
- York, Edmund of Langley, 1st duke of
- fourth surviving legitimate son of King Edward III of England and founder of the House of York as a branch of the Plantagenet dynasty. [2 Related Articles]
- York, Edward of Norwich, 2nd duke of
- Yorkist who led a checkered career in the reigns of Richard II of England and the usurper Henry IV.
- York, Henry Stuart, cardinal duke of
- last legitimate descendant of the deposed (1688) Stuart monarch James II of Great Britain. To the Jacobites-supporters of Stuart claims to the British throne-he was known as King Henry IX of Great Britain for the last 19 years of his ...
- York, house of
- younger branch of the house of Plantagenet of England. In the 15th century, having usurped the throne from the house of Lancaster, it provided three kings of England-Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III-and, in turn defeated, passed on its ... [4 Related Articles]
- York, Richard Plantagenet, duke of
- (from the article "Henry VI, Part 1") ...1 covers the early part of King Henry's reign and ends with events immediately preceding the opening of Part 2. It contains the entirely nonhistorical scene in which Richard Plantagenet, later duke of York, chooses a white ...
- York, Richard, 3rd duke of
- claimant to the English throne whose attempts to gain power helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) between the houses of Lancaster and York; he controlled the government for brief periods during the first five years of this struggle. ... [6 Related Articles]
- York, Richard, Duke of
- (from the article "Bourchier, Thomas") ...the Roses and arranged a temporary reconciliation between the two sides in 1458. Nevertheless, after the defeat of the Lancastrians in 1461, Bourchier became a loyal supporter of the newly crowned Yorkist monarch Edward IV, who made him a cardinal ...
- York, Statute of
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...with many rumours of miracles at his tomb. Edward had many of Lancaster's followers executed in a horrific bloodbath. In the same year the Ordinances were repealed in Parliament at York, and in the Statute of York the intention of ...
- York-Antwerp rules of General Average
- (from the article "maritime law") ...an international code of navigation. In other fields much has been accomplished to ensure international uniformity through private agreements voluntarily adhered to by affected interests; the York-Antwerp Rules of General Average, first promulgated in 1890 and most recently amended in ...
- Yorke Peninsula
- promontory of the south coast of South Australia, between Spencer Gulf to the west and Gulf St. Vincent and Investigator Strait to the east and south. Extending southward for 160 miles (260 km) from Port Pirie to Cape Spencer, it ...
- Yorke, Thom
- (from the article "Radiohead") ...of the most majestic-if most angst-saturated-music of the postmodern era. Formed in the mid-1980s at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, Radiohead comprised singer-guitarist Thom Yorke (b. Oct. 7, 1968Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Eng.), bassist Colin...
- yorker
- (from the article "cricket") ...forward to play his stroke or to move back. A half volley is a ball pitched so far up to the batsman that he can drive it fractionally after it has hit the ground without having to move forward. A ...
- Yorkino
- (from the article "Escoces and Yorkino") members of two rival Masonic lodges that exercised considerable political influence in early 19th-century Mexico; the names mean Scotsman and Yorkist, respectively, after the two orders of Freemasonry, the Scottish and York rites.
- Yorkshire
- historic county of England, in the north-central part of the country between the Pennines and the North Sea. Yorkshire is England's largest historical county. It comprises four broad belts each stretching from north to south: the high Pennine moorlands in ... [6 Related Articles]
- Yorkshire
- breed of swine produced in the 18th century by crossing the large indigenous white pig of North England with the smaller, fatter, white Chinese pig. The well-fleshed Yorkshire is solid white with erect ears. Although originally a bacon breed, the ... [3 Related Articles]
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...dales of the Rivers Greta, Ribble, Aire, and Wharfe and open southward to the Ribble-Aire gap, where Skipton, the administrative centre, is situated. The bleak limestone uplands are part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and are predominantly rural, with ...
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