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Kaloyan
Czar of Bulgaria (1197-1207). Having received his crown from the pope, he led a Bulgarian-Greek uprising in the Balkan Peninsula that defeated the Latin crusaders at Adrianople (1205) and took Baldwin I, the Latin emperor, prisoner. Kaloyan's alliance with the Greeks fell apart, and he died besieging Thessaloniki.


Adowa
Military clash (Mar. 1, 1896) at Adowa, in N central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army of King Menilek II and Italian forces. The decisive Ethiopian victory produced independence for Ethiopia and checked Italy's attempt to build an empire in Africa comparable to that of the French or British. The colony of Eritrea was carved out in the ensuing peace negotiations.


Cadogan
British soldier. He served as a trusted colleague with the duke of Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession. Later he became involved in intrigues to secure the succession for the Hanoverian George I (1714). He crushed a Jacobite rebellion in 1716, was granted an earldom in 1718, and was promoted to commander in chief in 1722.


Kaya
Tribal league formed sometime before the 3rd cent. AD in S Korea and lasting until its subjugation to Silla in the 6th cent. The people of Kaya are thought to have been closely related to the tribes that crossed over from Korea to Japan a century or two earlier, and Kaya often enlisted Japan in its feuds with neighboring Silla and Paekche. The Kaya people invented a unique 12-stringed zither, the kayagum.


Ladoga
Lake, W Russia. The largest lake in Europe, it covers an area of 6,700 sq mi (17,600 sq km). It is 136 mi (219 km) long, and has an average width of 51 mi (82 km); its greatest depth is 754 ft (230 m). It contains 660 islands of more than 2.5 acres (1 hectare) in area. Its outlet is the Neva River, in the SW corner. Formerly divided between the U.S.S.R. and Finland, it now lies entirely within Russia. During the Siege of Leningrad (1941-43) in World War II, the lake was the lifeline that connected the city with the rest of the Soviet Union.


Nagoya
City (pop., 1995: 2,152,000), S Honshu, Japan. Located east of Kyoto, at the head of Ise Bay, it is one of Japan's leading industrial cities. Manufactures include textiles, watches, bicycles, sewing machines, machine tools, chemicals, and ceramics. The city dates from 1610, when a great castle was erected by the Owari branch of the Tokugawa shogunate; the castle was destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in 1959. The city's educational and cultural institutions include Nagoya Univ. and the Tokugawa Art Museum. The Atsuta Shrine and the Ise Shrine located there are the oldest and most highly esteemed Shinto shrines in Japan.


Saroyan
U.S. writer. Born in Fresno, Cal., Saroyan was the largely self-educated son of an Armenian immigrant. He made his initial impact during the Depression with brash, original, and irreverent stories ...

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