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caracal
Short-tailed cat (Felis caracal) found in hills, deserts, and plains of Africa, the Middle East, and central and SW Asia. It is sleek and short-haired, with a reddish brown coat and long tufts of black hairs on its pointed ears. Long-legged and short-tailed, it stands 16-18 in. (40-45 cm) and is 26-30 in. (66-76 cm) long, excluding its tail. Generally solitary and nocturnal, it preys on birds and mammals, incl. peafowl, gazelles, and hares. In Asia, where it has become rare, it has been trained as a hunting animal.


Caracas
City (pop. 1992: 1,965,000; metro. area pop.: 2,784,000), capital of Venezuela. Its Caribbean port is La Guaira. Lying at an altitude of about 3,000 ft (9,000 m), it is one of the most developed cities in Latin America. It was founded in 1567 by Diego de Losada; in 1595 it was sacked by the English. It was the birthplace of S. Bolí var (1783), under whose leadership it became the first colony to revolt from Spain (c.1810). Caracas has become the country's primary center of industry, commerce, education, and culture.


Baraka
U.S. playwright and black nationalist. He was born in Newark, N.J., and educated at Howard Univ. His first play, Dutchman (1964), produced off-Broadway, explored the suppressed hostility of U.S. blacks toward the dominant white culture. The Slave and The Toilet, also produced in 1964, aroused controversy. He founded the Black Arts Repertory Theater in Harlem and in 1968 founded the Black Community Development and Defense Organization, a Black Muslim group, to affirm black culture and promote black political power. He has also written volumes of poetry and essays.


caravan
Group of merchants, pilgrims, or travelers journeying together, usually for mutual protection, in deserts or other hostile regions. The camel was the most common means of transport. Caravans have been described since the beginning of recorded history, and they were a major factor in the growth of settlements along their routes. One caravan trail developed into the Silk Road. During the height of caravan travel, which lasted until the 19th cent., a single caravan of Muslim pilgrims journeying from Cairo and Damascus to Mecca might employ as many as 10,000 camels.


caraway
Dried fruit, commonly called the seed, of Carum carvi, a biennial herb of the parsley family. Native to Europe and W Asia. it has been cultivated since ancient times. It has a distinctive aroma and a warm, slightly sharp taste. It is used as a seasoning, and the oil is used to flavor alcoholic beverages and as a medicine.


Karachi
City (pop., 1981: 5,210,000), Pakistan. Located in S Pakistan on the Arabian Sea NW of the mouth of the Indus River, it was a small fishing village when traders arrived in the early 18th cent. It was captured by the British in 1839 and was a major port of the British empire by 1914. The provincial capital of Sind from 1936, it was ...

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