Gutob language, language spoken in India, one of the Munda languages belonging to the Austro-Asiatic family of languages. Dialects include Gadba and Gudwa. Gutob is spoken in the Koraput district of Orissa and the Srikakulam and Vishākhapatnam districts of Andhra Pradesh. Estimates of the number of

Shinran was a Buddhist teacher recognized as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land School), which advocates that faith, recitation of the name of the buddha Amida (Amitabha), and birth in the paradise of the Pure Land. For centuries Jōdo Shinshū has been one of the largest schools of

Dagestan: …11,968 feet (3,648 metres) in Mount Guton and 14,652 feet (4,466 metres) in Mount Bazardyuzyu (Bazardyuzi). North of the main range the Andysky-Salatau and Gimrinsky ranges enclose a huge triangle of extremely rugged mountains known as the Dagestan Interior Highland. Those mountains are cut up by the deep valleys and…

gymnastics: Developments in Europe: The “grandfather” of modern gymnastics, Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths (1759–1839), was a leading teacher at the Philanthropinist school in Schnepfenthal. In his seminal work, Gymnastik für die Jugend (1793; Gymnastics for Youth), Guts Muths envisioned two main divisions of gymnastics: natural gymnastics and artificial gymnastics. These two divisions may…

Roddy Doyle: Barrytown novels: …the Rabbittes in 2013 in The Guts, which finds one of the younger brood from earlier in the series now middle-aged, married with kids, and fighting cancer. In 2021 Doyle appeared in Back to Barrytown, a three-part TV documentary that revisited the film adaptations of the first three books in…

history of Europe: Landlords and peasants: …in the German literature the Gutsherrschaft (ownership of an estate). The estate was divided into two principal parts: the landlord’s demesne, from which he took all the harvest, and the farms of the peasants, who supplied the labour needed to work the demesne. The peasants (and their children after them)…

balata, hard rubberlike material made by drying the milky juice produced principally by the bully tree (species Manilkara bidentata) of Guyana and the West Indies. The tree is tapped by cutting zigzag gashes in the bark and collecting the latex in cups, to be coagulated in trays. Like gutta-percha,

gutta-percha, yellowish or brownish leathery material derived from the latex of certain trees in Malaysia, the South Pacific, and South America, especially Palaquium oblongifolia and, formerly, P. gutta. To obtain the latex, the tree may be felled and rings cut in the bark; in plantation

psoriasis: …other types of psoriasis, including guttate, pustular, inverse (or flexular), and erythrodermic.

autoharp: The Akkordzither was invented by Karl August Gütter of Markneukirchen, Germany. In 1882 a U.S. patent for the autoharp (a modified version of the Akkordzither) was granted to Charles F. Zimmerman, a German emigré. His patent was later acquired by Alfred Dolge (1848–1922), a New York City piano-equipment manufacturer. Dolge…

Clusiaceae, the garcinia family (order Malpighiales), comprising about 14 genera and some 800 species of tropical trees and shrubs. Several are important for their fruits, resins, or timbers, and a number of species are cultivated as ornamentals. Members of the Clusiaceae family usually have

Alfréd Hajós was a Hungarian swimmer who won three Olympic medals and was the first Olympic swimming champion. Hajós began swimming at age 13 after his father drowned in the Danube River. In 1895 he won the 100-metre freestyle title at the European championships in Vienna. At the 1896 Olympic Games

Ludwig Guttmann was a German-born English neurosurgeon who was the founder of the Paralympic Games. Guttmann earned a medical degree from the University of Freiburg in 1924 and subsequently became a leading neurosurgeon. In 1933 he was named director of the Wenzel-Hancke Hospital in Breslau (now

Ludwig Guttmann was a German-born English neurosurgeon who was the founder of the Paralympic Games. Guttmann earned a medical degree from the University of Freiburg in 1924 and subsequently became a leading neurosurgeon. In 1933 he was named director of the Wenzel-Hancke Hospital in Breslau (now

Paul Creston was an American composer noted for the rhythmic vitality and full harmonies of his music, which is marked by modern dissonances and polyrhythms. Creston studied piano and organ and in 1934 became organist at St. Malachy’s Church, New York City. He had no formal training in music

Karl Gutzkow was a novelist and dramatist who was a pioneer of the modern social novel in Germany. Gutzkow began his career as a journalist and first attracted attention with the publication of Maha Guru, Geschichte eines Gottes (1833; “Maha Guru, Story of a God”), a fantastic satirical romance. In

Tibet: The Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat sect): The next came when Güüshi Khan, leader of the Khoshut tribe, which had displaced the Tümed, appeared as champion of the Dge-lugs-pa. In 1640 he invaded Tibet, defeating the Gtsang king and his Karma-pa supporters.

İsmet İnönü: …his party, who formed the Reliance Party (Güven Partisi) in 1967. İnönü himself, however, was replaced in 1972 as RPP leader by Bülent Ecevit, the head of the leftist faction.

Guwahati, city, western Assam state, northeastern India. It lies along the Brahmaputra River (there bridged) and is picturesquely situated with an amphitheatre of wooded hills to the south. Guwahati was the capital of the Hindu kingdom of Kamarupa (under the name of Pragjyotisa) about 400 ce. In

Han Yu: Han advocated the adoption of guwen, the free, simple prose of these early philosophers, a style unencumbered by the mannerisms and elaborate verselike regularity of the pianwen (“parallel prose”) style that was prevalent in Han’s time. His own essays (e.g., “On the Way,” “On Man,” and “On Spirits”) are among…

Guwen, early form of Chinese writing, examples of which are found on bronze vessels and objects of the Shang (c. 18th–12th century bc) and Zhou (12th century–256/255 bc) dynasties. The term jinwen (“metal script”), a reference to those metal objects, has also been used to designate guwen

Guy was the count of Flanders (from 1278) and margrave of Namur (Namen). He was the son of Margaret, countess of Flanders and Hainaut. The government of Guy of Dampierre was unfortunate. It was in the interest of the Flemish weavers to be on good terms with England, the wool-producing country, and

Guy was the king of Jerusalem who lost that Crusader kingdom in a struggle with rival Conrad of Montferrat. In 1180 he married Sibyl, sister of the leprous Baldwin IV, king of Jerusalem. When Baldwin died in 1185, Sibyl’s son by a previous marriage, the six-year-old Baldwin V, inherited the crown

Steve Earle: …You Wannabe an Outlaw (2017); Guy (2019), a tribute record to Guy Clark; and Ghosts of West Virginia (2020), which features songs he wrote for the Off-Broadway play Coal Country, about a mining disaster. In 2021 Earle released J.T., for which he covered songs written by his son, Justin Townes…

Montfort Family: …major role in English affairs; Guy de Bigorre (d. 1220); and Robert (d. 1226).

Callixtus II was the pope from 1119 to 1124. A son of Count William I of Burgundy, he was appointed archbishop of Vienne, in Lower Burgundy, in 1088. He became well known as a spokesman of a reform party within the church and as a foe of the policy of the Holy Roman emperor Henry V. When Pope

Guy Fawkes Day, British observance, celebrated on November 5, commemorating the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The Gunpowder Plot conspirators, led by Robert Catesby, were zealous Roman Catholics enraged at King James I for refusing to grant greater religious tolerance to Catholics. They

Guy II was a duke of Spoleto, who was claimant to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire in the chaotic end of the Carolingian era. His father, Guy I, duke of Spoleto, had come to Italy in the entourage of Lothar I and had successfully expanded his family’s power in central and southern Italy.

Van Johnson: …in several war films, notably A Guy Named Joe (1943), Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944), Command Decision (1948), and Battleground (1949).

Callixtus II was the pope from 1119 to 1124. A son of Count William I of Burgundy, he was appointed archbishop of Vienne, in Lower Burgundy, in 1088. He became well known as a spokesman of a reform party within the church and as a foe of the policy of the Holy Roman emperor Henry V. When Pope

Guy was the count of Flanders (from 1278) and margrave of Namur (Namen). He was the son of Margaret, countess of Flanders and Hainaut. The government of Guy of Dampierre was unfortunate. It was in the interest of the Flemish weavers to be on good terms with England, the wool-producing country, and

Guy was the king of Jerusalem who lost that Crusader kingdom in a struggle with rival Conrad of Montferrat. In 1180 he married Sibyl, sister of the leprous Baldwin IV, king of Jerusalem. When Baldwin died in 1185, Sibyl’s son by a previous marriage, the six-year-old Baldwin V, inherited the crown

Guy II was a duke of Spoleto, who was claimant to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire in the chaotic end of the Carolingian era. His father, Guy I, duke of Spoleto, had come to Italy in the entourage of Lothar I and had successfully expanded his family’s power in central and southern Italy.

Guy Of Warwick, English hero of romance whose story was popular in France and England from the 13th to the 17th century and was told in English broadside ballads as late as the 19th century. The kernel of the story is a single combat in which Guy defeats Colbrand (a champion of the invading Danish

Thomas Guy: …London) was the founder of Guy’s Hospital, London.

Alice Guy-Blaché was a pioneer of the French and American film industries. The first woman director, she is also generally acknowledged to be the first director to film a narrative story. Hired as Léon Gaumont’s secretary, Guy directed her first moving picture, La Fée aux choux (“The Cabbage

Buddy Guy is an American blues musician noted for his slashing electric guitar riffs and passionate vocals. He was a prolific performer and recording artist from the late 1950s until well into the 21st century, and he enjoyed a resurgence of popularity beginning in the 1990s. Guy made his own

Buddy Guy is an American blues musician noted for his slashing electric guitar riffs and passionate vocals. He was a prolific performer and recording artist from the late 1950s until well into the 21st century, and he enjoyed a resurgence of popularity beginning in the 1990s. Guy made his own

Rosa Guy was an American writer who drew on her own experiences to create fiction for young adults that usually concerned individual choice, family conflicts, poverty, and the realities of life in urban America and the West Indies. Cuthbert lived in Trinidad until 1932, when she moved to the United

Thomas Guy was the founder of Guy’s Hospital, London. A bookseller from 1668, dealing largely in Bibles, Guy ultimately amassed a fortune from printing and shrewd investments. In 1704 he became a governor of St. Thomas’s Hospital, Southwark, and he paid for the construction (1707) of three new

Alice Guy-Blaché was a pioneer of the French and American film industries. The first woman director, she is also generally acknowledged to be the first director to film a narrative story. Hired as Léon Gaumont’s secretary, Guy directed her first moving picture, La Fée aux choux (“The Cabbage

Guyana, country located in the northeastern corner of South America. Indigenous peoples inhabited Guyana prior to European settlement, and their name for the land, guiana (“land of water”), gave the country its name. Present-day Guyana reflects its British and Dutch colonial past and its reactions

Guiana Current, surface oceanic current, a northwest-flowing branch of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current along the northern coast of South America. North of the Equator, the Atlantic North Equatorial Current and Amazon and Orinoco rivers contribute to the Guiana Current. As a result of river

Essequibo, region along the northeastern coast of South America that comprises roughly the western two-thirds of Guyana but is also claimed by Venezuela. Separated from the rest of Guyana by the Essequibo River, Essequibo is bordered to the west by Venezuela, to the south and west by Brazil, and to

Guyana: Economy of Guyana: …businesses were reorganized under the Guyana State Corporation. The state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation controlled the sugarcane plantations, and the Guyana Mining Enterprise Ltd. was established to oversee local mineral production.

Guyana: Finance: The Bank of Guyana, established in 1965, issues the national currency, the Guyanese dollar, and acts as the central bank. The country’s major commercial banks include local banks and branches of foreign banks. Other financial services are provided by the Guyana Cooperative Agricultural and Industrial Development…

national flag consisting of a green field incorporating a red hoist triangle and a central yellow arrowhead, separated by black and white borders. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 1 to 2 at sea and 3 to 5 on land.When independence was being planned by British Guiana in the early 1960s, a

Guyana: History of Guyana: The first human inhabitants of Guyana probably entered the highlands during the 1st millennium bce. Among the earliest settlers were groups of Arawak, Carib, and possibly Warao (Warrau). The early communities practiced shifting agriculture

Guyana: Education: The principal university is the University of Guyana, founded in 1963 and subsequently housed at Turkeyen, in the eastern part of Greater Georgetown. The university also has become politicized, attendance there being contingent upon the completion of a year of national service, usually at camps in Guyana’s interior. Thus, many…

French Guiana, overseas territorial collectivity of France, situated on the northeastern coast of South America. French Guiana is bounded by Brazil to the south and east, Suriname to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast. The capital is Cayenne. Geologically, the rock underlying French

French Guiana, overseas territorial collectivity of France, situated on the northeastern coast of South America. French Guiana is bounded by Brazil to the south and east, Suriname to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast. The capital is Cayenne. Geologically, the rock underlying French

Ursuline: In 1639 Marie Guyard (Marie of the Incarnation) founded the Ursuline house at Quebec, the first congregation of women to be established in North America.

Guyenne, former region of southwestern France, merged with Gascony for the last centuries before the French Revolution in the gouvernement of Guyenne and Gascony (Guyenne-et-Gascogne). The Guyenne region corresponds to the modern département of Gironde and to most of the départements of

Guymon, city, seat (1907) of Texas county, northwestern Oklahoma, U.S. It lies on the high plains of the Panhandle, near the North Canadian River. Originally called Sanford, it was founded by E.T. Guymon, a grocer and land speculator, in 1901 on the arrival of the Rock Island Railroad. The city is

Georges-Marie Guynemer was one of the most renowned combat pilots of World War I and France’s first great fighter ace. Guynemer was educated at the Lycée Stanislas and developed an early interest in aeronautics. Nevertheless, on the outbreak of World War I he tried unsuccessfully to join first the

Demi Moore is an American actress who became one of Hollywood’s leading ladies and highest-paid performers in the 1990s. Films such as Ghost (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), and The Scarlet Letter (1995) made her a star, but her many bold choices made her an often overlooked

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon was a French Roman Catholic mystic and writer, a central figure in the theological debates of 17th-century France through her advocacy of Quietism, an extreme passivity and indifference of the soul, even to eternal salvation, wherein she believed that one

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon was a French Roman Catholic mystic and writer, a central figure in the theological debates of 17th-century France through her advocacy of Quietism, an extreme passivity and indifference of the soul, even to eternal salvation, wherein she believed that one

guyot, isolated submarine volcanic mountain with a flat summit more than 200 metres (660 feet) below sea level. Such flat tops may have diameters greater than 10 km (6 miles). (The term derives from the Swiss American geologist Arnold Henry Guyot.) In the Pacific Ocean, where guyots are most

Arnold Henry Guyot was a Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau. The guyot, a flat-topped volcanic peak rising from the ocean floor, is named after him. He studied at the College of Neuchâtel

French literature: Historical fiction: …experiments of writers such as Pierre Guyotat, whose Éden, Éden, Éden (1970; Eden, Eden, Eden), a novel about war, prostitution, obscenity, and atrocity, set in the Algerian desert, was banned by the censor for 11 years; Florence Delay in her stylish novel L’Insuccès de la fête (1980; “The Failure of…

Damon Runyon: …best known for his book Guys and Dolls, written in the regional slang that became his trademark.

United States: The theater: …works of Frank Loesser (especially Guys and Dolls, which the critic Kenneth Tynan regarded as one of the greatest of American plays) but became heavy-handed and at the beginning of the 21st century existed largely as a revival art and in the brave “holdout” work of composer and lyricist Stephen…

Guys and Dolls, American musical film, released in 1955, that was adapted from the triumphant stage hit of the same name, which was based on writings by Damon Runyon. The story follows the antic efforts of compulsive New York gambler Nathan Detroit (played by Frank Sinatra) to stage a high-profile

Constantin Guys was a cartoonist and comic illustrator who depicted the fashionable world of the French Second Empire (1852–70). A fighter for Greek independence in his youth, Guys reported the Crimean War (1853–56) for The Illustrated London News. Settling in Paris in the 1860s, he continued to

Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau was a French chemist who played a major part in the reform of chemical nomenclature. The son of a lawyer, Guyton added the title de Morveau (from a family property) to his name after he became a lawyer and a public prosecutor in 1762. During the French Revolution of

Güyük was the grandson of Genghis Khan and eldest son and successor of Ögödei, the first khagan, or great khan, of the Mongols. Güyük was elected to the throne in 1246, partly through the maneuvering of his mother. He was strongly influenced by Nestorianism, a form of Christianity considered a

Aydın, city, southwestern Turkey. It is located near the Menderes River (the ancient Maeander). It is an important trading centre on the highway and rail line between Afyon and İzmir. Nearby is the site of ancient Tralles, said to have been founded by the Argives. Aydın was called Güzelhisar

Guzhangian Stage, last of three internationally defined stages of the Series 3 epoch of the Cambrian Period, encompassing all rocks deposited during the Guzhangian Age (approximately 500.5 million to 497 million years ago). In 2008 the International Commission on Stratigraphy established the Global

zheng, Chinese plucked board zither roughly 47 inches (120 cm) long and 12 inches (30 cm) wide. Its resonator is galley-shaped, and in cross section the top is curved and the bottom flat. The strings are stretched over the surface, fastened at the left end and at the right where there are pegs for

xylophone: …of the touring Polish virtuoso Michal Jozef Guzikov, who used the then common “four-street” instrument (having four staggered rows, tuned chromatically—i.e., to a 12-note scale). It became a fashionable solo and garden concert instrument.

Antonio Guzmán Blanco was a Venezuelan president and typical Latin American caudillo (military leader or dictator) of his era. Guzmán Blanco was the son of a famous journalist and politician, Antonio Leocadio Guzmán, who had married into the Blanco family of Caracas’ upper class. He began his

Mateo Alemán: , The Spanish Rogue, 1622, 1924), which brought him fame throughout Europe but little profit, is one of the earliest picaresque novels; it was subsequently published under various titles. The first part ran through many editions, almost all pirated; even before he could finish the second…

Spain: Castile: …Enríquez, the Mendoza, and the Guzmán families and others owned vast estates, sometimes covering almost half a province. They had grown rich as a result of the boom in wool exports to Flanders during the 15th-century, when there were more than 2.5 million sheep in Castile, and it was they,…

Antonio Guzmán Fernández was the president of the Dominican Republic from May 1978 to July 1982. At the age of 15, Guzmán was working in his family’s textile store. By age 17 he was already managing stores for the Curaçao Trading Company. He invested in land and started growing rice, soon expanding

Antonio Guzmán Fernández was the president of the Dominican Republic from May 1978 to July 1982. At the age of 15, Guzmán was working in his family’s textile store. By age 17 he was already managing stores for the Curaçao Trading Company. He invested in land and started growing rice, soon expanding

Joaquín Guzmán was the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico from the late 20th century. Guzmán was born and raised in Badiraguato municipality, an impoverished and remote area of Sinaloa state in northwestern Mexico that was the birthplace of

Abimael Guzmán was the founder and leader of the Peruvian revolutionary organization Shining Path (in Spanish, Sendero Luminoso). According to Peru’s 2003 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 54 percent of the estimated 70,000 deaths in Peru’s 20-year insurgency conflict were caused by the Maoist

Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares was the prime minister (1623–43) and court favourite (valido) of King Philip IV of Spain. He attempted to impose a strong centralizing policy and eventually provoked rebellion and his own fall. Olivares’s father, Enrique de Guzmán, was the Spanish

Abimael Guzmán was the founder and leader of the Peruvian revolutionary organization Shining Path (in Spanish, Sendero Luminoso). According to Peru’s 2003 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 54 percent of the estimated 70,000 deaths in Peru’s 20-year insurgency conflict were caused by the Maoist

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duke de Medina-Sidonia was the duke de Medina-Sidonia and the commander in chief of the Spanish Armada of 1588. A member of the noble and illustrious house of Guzmán, Medina-Sidonia became the seventh bearer of the ducal title in 1555 on the death of his father; he became

Venezuela: Páez and the Conservatives: …develop in 1840, however, when Antonio Leocadio Guzmán, the leading spokesman for dissident merchants and professional men, founded the Liberal Party. Guzmán’s new liberal newspaper, El Venezolano, demanded abolition of slavery, extension of voting rights, and protection for the debtor classes. During the 1840s the demand for Venezuela’s agricultural commodities…

Ponzi scheme: In 2008 David Murcia Guzmán, founder of the now-defunct Colombian financial group D.M.G. Grupo Holding SA (DMG), was arrested and charged with money laundering for operating a prepaid-debit-card scheme that purportedly robbed investors of more than $1 billion; several others were later arrested and charged in connection…

Eugénie was the wife of Napoleon III and empress of France (1853–70), who came to have an important influence on her husband’s foreign policy. The daughter of a Spanish noble who fought on the French side during Napoleon I’s Peninsular War in Spain, Eugénie went to Paris when Louis-Napoléon became

Lope de Aguirre: He then killed Fernando de Guzmán, who had succeeded Ursúa, and took command of the expedition.

Jacobo Arbenz was a soldier, politician, and president of Guatemala (1951–54) whose nationalistic economic and social reforms alienated conservative landowners, conservative elements in the army, and the U.S. government and led to his overthrow. Arbenz, the son of a Swiss pharmacist who had

Joaquín Guzmán was the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico from the late 20th century. Guzmán was born and raised in Badiraguato municipality, an impoverished and remote area of Sinaloa state in northwestern Mexico that was the birthplace of

Martín Luis Guzmán was a novelist who was one of the finest writers of the revolutionary period in Mexico. After studying law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Guzmán joined the Mexican Revolution and served as a colonel in the revolutionary forces of Pancho Villa.

Mexico: Expansion of Spanish rule: …coast regions were conquered by Nuño de Guzmán. The Indians of Jalisco rebelled in 1541 but were suppressed after hard fighting in an episode known as the Mixton War. In order to complete the subjugation of the indigenous peoples, the Spaniards began to move into Zacatecas, where in 1546 they…

St. Dominic ; canonized July 3, 1234; feast day August 8) was the founder of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans), a mendicant religious order with a universal mission of preaching, a centralized organization and government, and a great emphasis on scholarship. He is a patron saint of the

Guzmania, genus of about 85 species of tropical American and West Indian epiphytes (plants that are supported by other plants and have aerial roots exposed to the humid atmosphere) and terrestrial plants of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae). Several species are grown indoors for their handsome

Hungarian literature: The period of the Enlightenment: …new ideas, but basically traditionalists, József Gvadányi and András Dugonics produced amusing works that were both of some literary merit and popular. Gvadányi’s best work, Egy falusi nótáriusnak budai utazása (1790; “The Journey to Buda of a Village Notary”), is a defense of national and traditional values against encroaching foreign…

Cristóbal Balenciaga: …notably Nicolas Ghesquière (1997–2012) and Demna Gvasalia (2015– ). In 2001 the company was purchased by Kering, a luxury goods company that also owns such fashion houses as Gucci and Alexander McQueen.

Nathan Wolfe: …central role in establishing the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative (GVFI), a program designed to monitor the transmission of viruses from animals to humans in countries worldwide.

graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), condition that occurs following a bone marrow transplant, in which cells in the donor marrow (the graft) attack tissues of the recipient (the host). This attack is mediated by T cells, a type of white blood cell normally occurring in the human body and therefore

Iron Gate, the last gorge of the Ðerdap gorge system on the Danube River, dividing the Carpathian and Balkan mountains and forming part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania. It is about 2 miles (3 km) long and 530 feet (162 metres) wide, with towering rock cliffs that make it one of the most

Diomede Islands, two small islands in the Bering Strait, lying about 2.5 miles (4 km) apart and separated by the U.S.–Russian boundary, which coincides with the International Date Line. The larger island, Big Diomede (Russian: Ostrov Ratmanova [Ratmanov Island]), has an area of 4 square miles (10

truck: Types and definitions: Light trucks have GVW ratings that do not exceed 10,000 pounds (4.5 metric tons); GVWs of less than 8,500 pounds (3.9 metric tons) are classified as work trucks. These vehicles generally have more in common with passenger cars than with larger trucks. More than half of the world…

Gwadar, town and seaport, southwestern Balochistan province, southwestern Pakistan. Located on the sandy Nuh headland that juts southward into the Arabian Sea, the town is an important fishing (sardines and sharks) and trade center. The main industrial concern is a fish-processing factory; salt is

Dafydd ab Edmwnd: His works are collected in Gwaith Dafydd ab Edmwnd (ed. by Thomas Roberts, 1914).