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YALE UNIVERSITY

YAMA (Sanskrit " twin," in allusion to his being twin with his sister Yami, traditionally the first human pair)

PRINCE ARITOMO YAMAGATA (1838— )

YANAON, or YANAM

WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY (1814-1863)

YARMOUTH (GREAT YARMOUTH)

YAROSLAVL, or YAROSLAV

WILLIAM YARRELL (1784–1856)

YATAGHAN (from Turk. yeitaghan; sometimes spelled in English " attaghan " and " ataghan ")

EDMUND HODGSON YATES (1831–1894)

MARY ANN YATES (1728-1787)

RICHARD YATES (1818-1873)

STEPHEN YAVORSKY (c. 1658-1722)

YAZDEGERD (" made by God," Izdegerdes)

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

CHARLES TYSON YERKES (1837-1905)

YEW (Taxus baccata)

YNVOLUTION (Lat. involvere, to roll up)

YOKE CONNECTING

YOLANDE [or ISABELLA] OF BRIENNE (1212-1228)

YON (1822-1847)

CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE (1823--1901)

JOHN YONGE (1467-1516)

BART SIR WILLIAM YONGE

COUNT HANS DAVID LUDWIG YORCK VON WARTENBURG (1739–1830)

YOREDALE SERIES

YORK (HOUSE OF)

DUKE OF EDMUND OF LANGLEY YORK (1341-1402)

DUKE OF FREDERICK AUGUSTUS YORK (1763-1827)

DUKE RICHARD YORK

YORKE (1757-1834)

CHARLES YORKE (1722-1770)

YOSAI [Kikuchi] (1781-1878)

YOUGHAL (pronounced Yawl)

ARTHUR YOUNG (1741-1820)

BRIGHAM YOUNG (1801-1877)

CHARLES MAYNE YOUNG (1777–1856)

EDWARD YOUNG (1683–1765)

JAMES YOUNG (1811-1883)

THOMAS YOUNG (1773-1829)

YPRES (Flemish Yperen)

YPSILANTI, or HYPSILANTI

EUGENE YSAYE (1858— )

YTTERBIUM (NEO-YTTERBIUM) [symbol, Yb; atomic weight, 172.0 (0=16)]

89.0 Y; atomic weight YTTRIUM [symbol (0 =16)]

YUKON TERRITORY

SIR HENRY YULE (182o-1889)

YURIEV (formerly DORPAT, also Dorpt; Russian, Derpt; Esthonian, Tarto and Tartolin; in Lettish, Tehrbata)

ZAANDAM (incorrectly SAAuDAM)

ZABERN (French, Saverne)

BARON VON FRANZ XAVER ZACH (1754-1832)

KARL SALOMO ZACHARIAE VON LINGENTHAL (1769-1843)

ZAGAZIG (Zalzazik)

ZAISAN, or ZAISANSK

ZALMOXIS, or ZAMOLXIS

ZAMAKHSHARI [Abu-1 Qasim Mahmud ibn `Umar uz-Zamakhshari] (1074-1143)

ZAMINDAR, or ZEMINDAR (from Persian zamin = " land ")

JAN ZAMOYSKI (1541-1605)

GIUSEPPE ZANARDELLI (1826—1903)

GIACOMO ZANELLA (1820-1888)

ISRAEL ZANGWILL (1864— )

ZANTE (anc. Zacynthus)

ZARA (Serbo-Croatian Zadar)

FRANCISCO ZARCILLO Y ALCARAZ

GIOSEFFO ZARLINO (1517-1590)

FRIEDRICH KARL THEODOR ZARNCKE (1825–1891)

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

ZEDEKIAH (Hebrew for " righteousness of Yah[weh] ")

ZEELAND (or ZEALAND)

RITTER HEINRICH ZEISSBERG

EDUARD ZELLER (1814-1908)

ZEMARCHUS (fl. 568)

ZENAGA (SANHAJA, SENAJER)

ZENANA (Persian zanana)

ZENATA, or ZANATA

ZENGG (Hungarian, Zeng; Croatian, Senj; Italian, Segna)

ZENITH (from the Arabic)

ZENJAN, or ZANJAN

ZENOBIA (Gr. Zr7vo(3ia)

ZENODOCHIUM (Gr. Eevot5oxeiov, E vor, stranger, guest, BEXEV6at, to receive)

ZHITOMIR, or JITOMIR

ZIARAT (" a Mahommedan shrine ")

FELIX FRANCOIS GEORGE PHILIBERT ZIEM (1821— )

HANS JOACHIM VON ZIETEN (1699-1786)

RITTER VON JOHANN GEORG ZIMMERMANN

IGNAZ VICENZ ZINGERLE (1825-1892)

COUNT OF ZINZENDORF AND POTTENDORF NICOLAUS LUDWIG ZINZENDORF (1700-1760)

ZION, or SION (Heb. iiag, perhaps from runs " to be dry," nqs " to set up," or is " to protect "; Arabic analogies favour the meaning " hump," " summit of a ridge," and so " citadel ")

FERDINAND ZIRKEL (1838– )

ZITHER (Ger. Zither, Schlagzither, Streichzither; Ital. cithara)

KARL ALFRED VON ZITTEL (1839–1904)

JOHN ZIZKA (c. 1376-1424)

ZNAIM (Czech Znojmo)

ZOBEIR RAHAMA (183o- )

ZODIAC (o i'w&arcds rvKcXor, from d,&ov, " a little animal ")

JOHANN ZOFFANY (1733-1810)

EMILE EDOUARD CHARLES ANTOINE ZOLA (1840-1902)

STANISLAUS ZOLKIEWSKI (1547-1619)

JOHANN KARL FRIEDRICH ZOLLNER (1834-1882)

ZOLLVEREIN (Ger. Zoll, toll, customs, and Verein, union)

JOANNES ZONARAS (JOHN)

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

ZONTAL ANGLE BULB

ZOOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION (also known as Zoogeography)

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

JOSE ZORRILLA Y MORAL (1817-1893)

RICHARD ZOUCH (c. 159o-1661)

ZOUCHE, or ZOUCH

ZOYLUS (c. 400-320 B.C.)

COUNT MIKLOS ZRINYI (1508—1566)

COUNT MIKLOS ZRINYI (1620—1664)

JOHANN HEINRICH DANIEL ZSCHOKKE (1771-1848)

FRANCESCO ZUCCARELLI (1702–1788)

ZUCCARO, or ZUCCHERO

ZUHAIR [Zuhair ibn Abi Sulma Rabi' a ul-Muzani] (6th century)

ZUIDER ZEE, or ZUYDER ZEE

IGNACIO ZULOAGA (1870— )

THOMAS ZUMALACARREGUI (1788–1835)

LEOPOLD ZUNZ (1794-1886)

FRANCISCO ZURBARAN (1598–1662)

ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

JERONIMO ZURITA Y CASTRO (1512-1580)

ZUTPHEN, or ZUTFEN

HANS ZWIEDINECK VON SUDENHORST (1845-1906)

HULDREICH ZWINGLI (1484—1531)

ZYMOTIC DISEASES (Gr. vµ7, ferment)