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Ajax
Greek hero of the Trojan War. In the Iliad Homer described him as of great stature and second only to Achilles in strength and bravery. He fought Hector in single combat and rescued the body of Achilles from the hands of the Trojans. When Achilles' armor was awarded to Odysseus, he was so enraged that he went mad. According to several Greek and Roman poets, Ajax slaughtered a flock of sheep he mistook for his enemies, then returned to his senses and killed himself out of shame.


Anjou
Historical region, lower Loire valley, NW France. Organized in the Gallo-Roman period as the Civitas Andegavensis, it later became the countship, and from 1360 the duchy, of Anjou. Its capital was Angers. Under the Carolingian dynasty, it was nominally administered by a count representing the French king. The area came under the English king Henry II when he married Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152, thus founding the Anglo-Angevin empire of the Plantagenet dynasty. The French recovered Anjou in 1259, and it was united with France in 1487. It ceased to exist as a department in 1790.


Arjan
Fifth Guru of the Sikhs (1581-1606) and its first martyr. He compiled the volume of Sikh scripture on which the Adi Granth is based, and he completed the Golden Temple at Amritsar. The first Guru to serve as both temporal and spiritual head of Sikhism, he built up Amritsar as a commercial center and enlarged missionary efforts. He was also a prolific poet and writer of hymns. He prospered under the tolerant Mughal emperor Akbar, but was tortured to death by Akbar's successor for not altering the Adi Granth to remove passages that gave offense to Hinduism or Islam.


Cajun
Any descendant of French Canadians driven by the British in the 18th cent. from the captured French colony of Acadia (now Nova Scotia and adjacent areas) who settled in the fertile bayou lands of S Louisiana. Many Cajuns speak a dialect of N. Amer. French. In recent decades Cajun cuisine, noted for its use of hot seasonings, and Cajun and zydeco music have become popular among non-Cajuns.


Dijon
City (pop., 1990: 152,000), E central France. The site has been occupied from pre-Roman times. It became the capital of the duchy of Burgundy in 1015 and prospered under the Valois dynasty (1364-1477). Louis XI annexed the city in the late 15th cent. A market and tourist center, it is surrounded by eight forts; historic buildings include a 13th-cent. church and 14th-cent. town hall (the former palace of the dukes of Burgundy). Its university was founded in 1722. It has foundries and automobile plants, but is best known for its food products (e.g., mustard, vinegar, and gingerbread).


ejido
In Mexico, village lands held in the traditional Indian system of land tenure, blessed by Mexican law in the 1920s, that combines communal ownership with individual use. The ejido consists of cultivated land, pastureland, other ...

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