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Normandy
Historic region, NW France. The capital was Rouen. Inhabited since Paleolithic times, its Celtic population was conquered by the Romans c.56 BC, when it became part of the province of Lugdunensis. Invaded by Vikings in the mid-9th cent, it was ceded to their chief, Rollo, in 911 by Charles III the Simple of France. The Vikings became known as Normans, hence the region's name. After the Norman Conquest (1066), it was united to England by William I of Normandy. It became a province of France in 1450 and was divided into several departments after the French Revolution. It was the site of the World War II Allied invasion of German-occupied France in 1944 (see Normandy Campaign).


Copland
U.S. composer. Born to immigrant parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., he studied with Rubin Goldmark and later with N. Boulanger at Fontainebleau. Though cosmopolitan in his tastes, he adopted notably Amer. traits in his music, especially after c.1930. With R. Sessions, he sponsored an important series of new-music concerts in New York. He cofounded the Amer. Composers Alliance, serving as president 1937-45. For over 20 years he headed the Berkshire Music Center's faculty. Famously public-spirited and generous, he came to be unofficially regarded as the U.S.'s national composer. He is best known for his ballets, incl. Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942), and Appalachian Spring (1944, Pulitzer Prize). His influential film scores include Of Mice and Men (1939), Our Town (1940), and The Heiress (1948). His orchestral works include a piano concerto (1926), El Sal\u00f3 n M\u00e9 xico (1936), A Lincoln Portrait (1942), a clarinet concerto (1948), and three symphonies (1924, 1933, 1946). His other works include the operas The Second Hurricane (1936) and The Tender Land (1954), the piano trio Vitebsk (1929), and the Piano Variations (1930).


coriander
Feathery annual herb (Coriandrum sativum) of the parsley family, and its dried fruit, native to the Mediterranean and Middle East. The seed goes by the name coriander; they have a mild, fragrant aroma and aromatic taste and are used to flavor many foods. The delicate young leaves--known in the U.S. by their Spanish name, cilantro--are widely used in Latin-Amer., Indian, and Chinese dishes.


Garland
City (pop., 1996 est.: 190,000), N Texas. Bordering Dallas, it was founded when two rival railroad communities, Duck Creek and Embree, were consolidated in 1887. Its economy is industrialized and supplemented by the farm crops grown on the nearby Blacklands Belt. Manufactures include electronic equipment, chemicals, and scientific instruments.


Gotland
Island (pop., 1997: 58,000), SE Sweden. Located in the Baltic Sea, it covers 1,159 sq mi (3,001 sq km). A trading center since the Bronze Age, Gotland became part of Sweden in the 9th cent. By the 12th cent. Gotland's traders dominated the routes between Russia and W Europe. German merchants, who ...

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