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Agnon
Ukrainian-Israeli writer. Born into a Polish Galician family, he moved to Palestine in 1907 and chose Hebrew as his literary language. The Day Before Yesterday (1945), perhaps his greatest novel, examines the problem facing the westernized Jew who immigrates to Israel. Other works include the novels The Bridal Canopy (1919) and A Guest for the Night (1938). He is regarded as one of the greatest modern Hebrew novelists and short-story writers. In 1966 he and N. Sachs shared the Nobel Prize.
magnolia
Any of about 80 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Magnolia, native to N. and Central America, the Himalayas, and E. Asia. They are valued for their fragrant flowers and handsome leaves. Magnolia is one of 12 genera in the family Magnoliaceae, which contains 210 species. Magnolias are among the most primitive of flowering plants; their primitive features include long floral axes, spiral arrangement of flower parts, and simple water-conducting cells.
Yangon
City (metro. area pop., 1996 est.: 4,000,000), principal seaport, and capital of Myanmar, on the Yangon River. It was a fishing village until the present city was founded c.1755 by Burmese King Alaungpaya, and developed into a port. The British occupied it 1824-26 during the First Anglo-Burmese War and again took it in 1852 during the Second Anglo-Burmese War. After the British annexation of all of Burma (Myanmar) in 1886, Rangoon became the capital city. During World War II the Japanese occupied it and it suffered severe damage. In 1988 it was the scene of severe repression of antigovernment demonstrators by the military. It handles more than 80% of the Myanmar's foreign commerce.
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