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more info Upper Volta, n.
a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
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more info Upper-Normandy, n.
a division of Normandy
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more info Uppsala, n.
a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
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more info Upsala, n.
a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
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more info Upton Beall Sinclair, n.
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
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more info Upton Sinclair, n.
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
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more info Upupa, n.
type genus of the Upupidae
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more info Upupa epops, n.
pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings
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more info Upupidae, n.
hoopoes
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more info Ur, n.
an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
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more info Ural Mountains, n.
a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
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more info Ural-Altaic, n.
a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian)
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more info Uralic, n.
a family of Ural-Altaic languages
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more info Uralic language, n.
a family of Ural-Altaic languages
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more info Urals, n.
a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
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more info Urania, n.
goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
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(Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy
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more info Uranoscopidae, n.
stargazers
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more info Uranus, n.
a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites
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"Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781"
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(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology
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more info Urban II, n.
French pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the First Crusade (1042-1099)
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more info Urban V, n.
French pope from 1362 to 1370 who tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in 1367 returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England; canonized in 1870 (1310-1370)
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more info Urban VI, n.
Italian pope from 1378 to 1389 whose contested election began the Great Schism; he alienated his political allies by his ruthless treatment of his opponents (1318-1389)
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more info Urban VIII, n.
Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644)
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more info Urbana, n.
a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign
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more info Urd, n.
goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past
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more info Urdu, n.
the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script
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more info Uredinales, n.
rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in
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more info Urex, n.
antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections
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more info Urey, n.
United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
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more info Urga, n.
the capital and largest city of Mongolia
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more info Urginea, n.
Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
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