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acacia
Any of the approximately 800 species of trees and shrubs that make up the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world, particularly Australia and Africa. Sweet acacia (A. farnesiana) is native to the SW U.S. Acacias have distinctive, finely divided leaflets, and their leafstalks may bear thorns or sharp spines at their base. Their small, often fragrant, yellow or white flowers have many stamens apiece, giving each a fuzzy appearance. On the plains of S and E Africa, acacias are well-known landmarks. Several species are important economically, yielding substances such as gum arabic and tannin, as well as valuable timber.


accent
In prosody, rhythmically significant stress on the syllables of a verse, usually at regular intervals. Though the term is often used interchangeably with "stress," some prosodists use accent to mean the emphasis determined by normal language usage and stress to mean emphasis determined by metrical pattern.


Accra
Capital and largest city (pop., 1988 est.: 949,000) of Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea. When the Portuguese first settled on the coast in 1482, the site was occupied by villages of the Ga tribe. In 1650-80 the Europeans built three fortified trading posts, sponsored by the English, the Danes, and the Dutch. The Danes and Dutch left the region in 1850 and 1872, respectively, and in 1877 Accra became the capital of the British Gold Coast colony. In the later 20th cent. it became Ghana's administrative, economic, and educational center. Tema, 17 mi (27 km) east, has taken over Accra's former port functions.


Acta
(Latin: "Acts") In ancient Rome, the daily minutes of public business and a record of political and social events. Julius Caesar in 59 BC ordered that the Senate's daily doings (acta diurna, commentaria Senatus) be made public; Augustus later prohibited publication, though the Senate's acts continued to be recorded and could be read with special permission. There were also public registers (acta diurna urbis, "daily minutes of the city") of the acts of the popular assemblies and the courts as well as births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. These constituted a daily gazette, a prototype of the modern newspaper.


arcade
Series of arches, supported by columns or piers, joined together end to end in a row. When supporting a roof, an arcade may function as a passageway adjacent to a solid wall, a covered walkway that provides access to adjacent shops, or a transitional element surrounding an open internal court. See also colonnade.


Arcand
Canadian film director. Born in Deschambault, Quebec, he joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1963 and directed several short films. His first full-length documentary, On est au coton (1970, released 1976), was a controversial expos\u00e9 of the textile industry. He moved on to feature films with his witty ...

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