Canigon
one of the peaks of the Pyrenees in France. It is the department Pyrénées-Orientales, 24 miles from Perpignan; height, 9,137 feet.
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Single-source entries: C (18)
These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Canigon, Canina, Caninde.
Canina
LUIGI (kä-nē'nä), an Italian architect; born in Casale, Piedmont, Oct. 23, 1795; was for some time Professor of Architecture at Turin, and afterward lived in Rome, where he published works of great value on the antiquities of Rome, Veii, Etruria, and Tusculum. He died in Florence, Oct. 17, 1856.
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Caninde
a river of Brazil, flowing wing into the Parnahiba; length, 200 miles.
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Canis
The constellation of the Great Dog. The most important star in this constellation was specially named Canis or Canicula, and also Sirius. The Dies Caniculares were as proverbial for the heat of the weather among the Romans as are the dog-days among ourselves. Caphareus (Capo d'Oro). A rocky and dangerous promontory on the southeast of Euboea, where the Greek fleet is said to have been wrecked on its return from Troy. 2026 Editor's Note: Sirius , the star the Romans called Canis or Canicula, is the brightest star in the night sky. Long before the Roman 'dog days,' the heliacal rising of Sirius marked the annual flooding of the Nile in Ancient Egypt. (Ed: BR 2026-07-03)
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Canis Major
a constellation of the Southern hemisphere, remarkable as containing Sirius, the brightest star. - CANIS MINOR ("the lesser dog") is a constellation in the Northern hemisphere, immediately above Canis Major, the chief star in which is 1 Procyon.
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Cankerworm
a worm or larva destructive to trees or plants; in America specifically applied to moths and larvæ of the genus Anisopteryx.
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Canna
one of the Argyllshire Hebrides, 12 miles S. W. of Syke, and 3 N. W. of Rum. It is 4½ miles long, 1 mile broad, and 4½ square miles in area. The surface, nowhere higher than 800 feet, consists of trap.
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Canna
a genus of plants belonging to the endogenous order Marantaceæ. They have beautiful red or yellow flowers. Canna indica is the Indian shot or Indian bead, a native of Asia, Africa, and America; it is common and in flower most of the year in Indian gardens. The seeds have been used as a substitute for coffee, and they moreover furnish a beautiful but not a durable purple. A kind of arrowroot is extracted in the West Indies from a species believed to be C. Achi- The fleshy corms of some cannas ras. are said to be eaten in Peru, and, according to Von Martius, those of C. aurantiaca glauca and others are diuretic and diaphoretic, acting like orris-root.
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Cannabinacee
hempworts, an order of plants of the Urtical alliance. They have a solitary suspended ovule, and a hooked exalbuminous embryo with a superior radicle. They inhabit the temperate parts of the Eastern hemisphere. Only two genera are known, Cannabis, or Hemp, and Humulus, or Hop.
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Canne
a town of southern Italy, province of Bari, near the mouth of the Ofanto, formerly the Aufidus, famous as the scene of the great battle in which the Romans were defeated by Hannibal (216 B. c.) with immense slaughter.
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Cannel Coal
a variety of bituminous coal, which differs from the purer kinds of ordinary coal, and jet, in containing extraneous earthy matters, which render it specifically heavier than water. It varies much in appearance, but is generally of a brown or black color, a with dull earthy to a brilliant waxy luster. It is very dense and compact, and not easily frangible, breaking with an uneven largely conchoidal fracture, and does not soil the fingers. When burning, it splits and crackles, without melting, and leaves 3 or 4 per cent. of ash.
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Cannes
a seaport of France, on the shore of the Mediterranean, in the department of Alpes-Maritimes; famous as a winter residence, and as the place where Napoleon landed when he returned ned from Elba, March 1, 1815. Pop. about 30,000.
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Cannibal
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a person who eats human flesh. The word is a corruption of the word caribal, from Carib, a native of the Caribbean region. Allusions to cannibals occur in the most ancient writings. Many savage people consider human sacrifices or feasts of human flesh the most acceptable offering to their gods. The ancient Aztecs and the people of Borneo and of the Fiji Islands indulged in frightful orgies of this kind. The North American Indian believed that devouring the heart of a brave enemy gave him courage in battle. Downright eating of human flesh for ordinary food is not believed to have been widespread at any time, yet the natives of Malaysia, New Guinea , the South Sea Islands, and parts of western and central Africa were certainly addicted to this habit. A traveler among the Indians of Tierra del Fuego states that in times of scarcity they ate their own people, even in preference to their dogs, the latter being useful in taking game. It is believed that cannibalism is not practiced at the present time, except in very limited, out-of-the-way regions.
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Cannibalism
the act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind; anthropophagy.
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Canning
CHARLES JOHN, EARL, an English statesman, son of George Canning; born Dec. 14, 1812; educated at Eton and Oxford. In 1841 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Peel's government, and in 1846 Commissioner of Woods and Forests. In the Aberdeen ministry of 1853, and under Palmerston in 1855, he held the postmaster-generalship, and in 1856 went out to India as Governor-General. Throughout the mutiny he showed a fine coolness and clear-headedness, and though his carefully pondered decisions were sometimes lacking in promptness, yet his admirable moderation did much to re-establish the British Empire in India. He was raised to the rank of Earl and made Viceroy, but returned to England with shattered health, and died in London, June 17, 1862.
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