Puerto La Cruz, city, northeastern Anzoátegui estado (state), northeastern Venezuela. It is situated along the Caribbean Sea. The city’s origins lie in a 17th-century settlement of Indian fishermen that was named for the nearby “Spring of the Sacred Cross.” The former fishing village has become a

Puerto Lempira, town, northeastern Honduras. The town lies on an islet that forms part of Tánsin Island, facing the main passage into the Caratasca Lagoon. Fishing is the major economic activity of the area, and the town has a shrimp-packing plant. The shallow, swampy nature of the lagoon and the

Limón, city and port, eastern Costa Rica. It is located on an open roadstead of the Caribbean Sea near the landfall sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1503. The waters there are deep enough for large ships, and a sandbar offers some protection for the port. In the colonial era, the port was used by

Buenos Aires: City neighborhoods: …Buenos Aires include Monserrat and Puerto Madero. Monserrat, wedged between San Telmo and the Plaza de Mayo, is home to many of the city’s oldest churches, modern government buildings, and distinctive Beaux Arts buildings. Puerto Madero, once an area of dilapidated buildings and abandoned warehouses, has been transformed into a…

Puerto Maldonado, port city, southeastern Peru. It lies at the confluence of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers, at 840 feet (256 m) above sea level in the hot, humid rain forest known as the selva (jungle). It was named for Dom Pedro Maldonado, an 18th-century Spanish explorer, but was not

Coatzacoalcos, city and port, southeastern Veracruz estado (state), south-central Mexico. Formerly known as Puerto México, it lies at the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos River on the Gulf of Campeche, at the narrowest segment of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. An important port and transportation centre,

Puerto Montt, port and city, southern Chile. It lies at the head of Reloncaví Bay (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean), adjacent to Tenglo Island. A settlement was founded there in 1853 and was named for Manuel Montt, then president of Chile. Early German settlers gave it a distinctive appearance.

Puerto Padre, city and port, eastern Cuba. It lies on sheltered Puerto Padre Bay, of the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Holguín. The city is a commercial and manufacturing centre for a fertile irrigated hinterland. Sugarcane, tobacco, fruit, and livestock produced in the area

Puerto Plata, city and port, northern Dominican Republic. It lies at the foot of Isabel de Torres Peak, along the Atlantic Ocean. Puerto Plata was founded in 1503 by Christopher Columbus. Serving the fertile Cibao Valley, the port handles the produce of one of the country’s leading coffee-growing

Ciudad del Este, city, eastern Paraguay. It is situated directly on the right bank of the Paraná River at the border with Brazil, but it is considered part of the tri-border region that includes Argentina. Founded in 1957, the city was converted from a tropical forest into Paraguay’s second most

Puerto Princesa, city, east-central Palawan, Philippines. It is an important port on a sheltered inlet of the Sulu Sea, south of Honda Bay, and it has an airport. The city was formerly called Cuyo. The site of a penal colony during the Spanish regime, Puerto Princesa has become one of several

Camagüey, city, capital of Camagüey provincia (province), east-central Cuba. It is situated on the San Pedro River, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Florida. The city was founded in 1514 as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe (also called Puerto Príncipe), at the site of present-day Nuevitas,

Puerto Real, town, Cádiz provincia (province), in the Andalusia comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), southern Spain. It is on the north shore of the inner arm of the Bay of Cádiz and lies 5 miles (8 km) east of Cádiz. Known to the Romans, it was probably the most ancient trading station on

Hispanic Americans: Puerto Ricans: Residents of Puerto Rico are not a single ethnic group. They, like other Hispanics, have inherited a mixture of cultures. Puerto Ricans have lived in the mainland United States since at least the 1830s. At that time there was a fairly sizable trade…

Hispanics in the United States: The U.S. Census of 2000: …a “person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin,” regardless of skin colour. From 1990 to 2000 the Hispanic population in the United States rose by nearly 60 percent, from 22.4 million in 1990 to 35.3 million in 2000, and some two…

hutia: Natural history: For example, the Puerto Rican hutia (Isolobodon portoricensis) was probably indigenous to Hispaniola and introduced to Puerto Rico and some of the Virgin Islands, but it is now extinct. Some hutias are not endangered, but others are rare and becoming more so owing to human population expansion and…

Puerto Rico: Government: The Puerto Rican Independence Party, which won one-fifth of the vote in 1952, is supported by about 5 percent of the electorate.

Puerto Rico: Political developments: The newly formed Puerto Rican Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) attempted to redistribute economic power on the island, primarily by placing a restrictive quota on sugarcane production and enforcing a long-neglected law that limited corporate holdings to 500 acres (200 hectares). Thus, the PRRA reversed the growth of the island’s…

sancocho: Puerto Rican sancocho: Puerto Rican sancocho is often tomato based. It is made with a mix of several meats, such as pork, chorizo, and beef, and a variety of vegetables, including corn on the cob, pumpkin, squash, green and yellow plantains, and potatoes. It is…

Puerto Rico: Political developments: Socialist Party, led by the highly respected labour leader Santiago Iglesias, remained focused on the plight of Puerto Rico’s labouring classes, but its program had little support, because popular attention was largely concentrated on the political status of the island.

Puerto Rico, self-governing island commonwealth of the West Indies, associated with the United States. The easternmost island of the Greater Antilles chain, it lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of the Dominican Republic, 40 miles (65 km) west of the Virgin Islands, and 1,000 miles (1,600 km)

Puerto Rico: The debate over political status: …Obama signed into law the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), which authorized the Puerto Rican government to restructure more than $70 billion in debt. The act also created a federally appointed seven-member oversight board to control Puerto Rico’s finances, a stipulation that was only grudgingly accepted…

Puerto Rico Trench, submarine depression in the North Atlantic Ocean, roughly parallel to the northern coast of the island of Puerto Rico and lying about 75 miles (120 km) to the north. The Puerto Rico Trench is about 1,090 miles (1,750 km) long and 60 miles (100 km) wide. The deepest point in the

U.S. commonwealth flag consisting of five horizontal stripes of red and white and, at the hoist, a blue triangle bearing a white star.In the late 19th century, as pro-independence sentiment grew in the Caribbean islands under Spanish dominion, many activists in Cuba and Puerto Rico were exiled to

Puerto Rico: Education: …of higher learning is the University of Puerto Rico (founded 1903), with its main campus at Río Piedras. Among the several private universities and colleges are the Inter-American University (1912), which has several campuses, and the Pontifical Catholic University (1948) in Ponce.

Puerto Suárez, town, extreme eastern Bolivia. It is situated on the marshy shores of Lake Cáceres, just west of Corumbá, Brazil, and is connected to the Paraguay River by the Tamengo Canal. Puerto Suárez was once an isolated port and trading centre for rubber, coffee, and other local products, but

Fray Bentos: The Puerto Unzué bridge, built in 1969 by a United States firm, and an Argentine-Uruguayan company, has facilitated trade between Uruguay and Argentina. Fray Bentos has rail, road, and air connections with Montevideo, the national capital. Pop. (2004) 23,122.

Puerto Vallarta, city and chief port of Jalisco estado (state), west-central Mexico. It lies on the Pacific coastal lowland 6 miles (10 km) south of the mouth of the Ameca River on Banderas Bay. In 1644 the Spanish established a rudimentary shipyard on Banderas Bay for expeditions bound for Baja

Puertollano, city, Ciudad Real provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Castile-La Mancha, south-central Spain, just south-southwest of Ciudad Real city. Rich coal, iron, lead, manganese, and copper pyrite mines in the vicinity caused the city’s population to triple

Hispanics in the United States: The U.S. Census of 2000: …a “person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin,” regardless of skin colour. From 1990 to 2000 the Hispanic population in the United States rose by nearly 60 percent, from 22.4 million in 1990 to 35.3 million in 2000, and some two…

René Marqués: …in El puertorriqueño dócil [1967; The Docile Puerto Rican]), is also concerned with the problem of national identity in relation to the language, literature, and prevailing social conditions of Puerto Rico.

Latin American art: Costumbristas: …specific region was shared by Prilidiano Pueyrredón, the son of one of the first presidents of the Argentine republic, who went to Paris with his family in political exile. He may have learned painting in the academy in Rio de Janeiro, but he made architecture his career after studying at…

Samuel, baron von Pufendorf was a German jurist and historian, best known for his defense of the idea of natural law. He was created a baron in the last year of his life. Pufendorf’s father was a Lutheran pastor, and, though the family was poor, financial help from a rich nobleman enabled his

Peter, Paul and Mary: …songs such as Yarrow’s “Puff (the Magic Dragon),” which often is mistakenly interpreted as drug-related. After splitting up in 1970 to pursue solo careers, the trio re-formed to release the album Reunion in 1978. In 1986 they celebrated their 25th anniversary with a series of concerts and released the…

hognose snake, (genus Heterodon), any of up to five species of North American nonvenomous snakes belonging to the family Colubridae. The snake is named for its upturned snout, which it uses for digging. When threatened, it flattens its head and neck and then strikes with a loud hiss but rarely

puff adder, (Bitis arietans), large, extremely venomous snake species found in the semiarid regions of sub-Saharan Africa and the western and southern coastal areas of the Arabian peninsula. The species is named for its tendency to inflate its body with air and hiss loudly when threatened, in order

Sean Combs is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and clothing designer who founded an entertainment empire in the 1990s. Beginning in 2023, he was the subject of several lawsuits accusing him of rape, physical abuse, racketeering, and sex trafficking, culminating in his arrest in New York

baking: Entrapped air and vapour: The expansion of such puff pastry as used for napoleons (rich desserts of puff pastry layers and whipped cream or custard) and vol-au-vents (puff pastry shells filled with meat, fowl, fish, or other mixtures) is entirely due to water-vapour pressure.

wattle-eye, any of a number of small, stubby African songbirds of the family Platysteiridae; some authorities retain them in the flycatcher subfamily, Muscicapinae. Most species have bright, fleshy eye ornaments, or wattles: in the genus Platysteira they are found above the eyes in both sexes,

puffball, any of various fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota, found in soil or on decaying wood in grassy areas and woods. Puffballs produce spores internally in a spherical fruiting body (basidiocarp). Puffs of spores are released when the dry and powdery tissues of the mature fruiting body are

puffbird, any of about 34 species of tropical American birds that constitute the family Bucconidae (order Piciformes). They are named for their habit of perching tamely in the open with the feathers of their large heads and short necks puffed out. Some species are known as nunlets and nunbirds.

breakfast cereal: …into flakes between cooled rollers; puffed, made by exploding cooked wheat or rice from a pressure chamber, thus expanding the grain to several times its original size; shredded, made from pressure-cooked wheat that is squeezed into strands by heavy rollers, then cut into biscuits and dried; and granular, made by…

puffer, any of about 90 species of fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, noted for their ability when disturbed to inflate themselves so greatly with air or water that they become globular in form. Puffers are found in warm and temperate regions around the world, primarily in the sea but also, in

tetraodontiform: General features: …in the exacting manner of fugu (or puffer fish) chefs in Japan. The majority of tetraodontiforms are palatable, and in numerous tropical regions the flesh of various triggerfishes and trunkfishes is highly esteemed.

puffin, any of three species of diving birds that belong to the auk family, Alcidae (order Charadriiformes). They are distinguished by their large, brightly coloured, triangular beaks. Puffins nest in large colonies on seaside and island cliffs, usually laying only one egg, in a burrow dug one or

shearwater: …are classified in the genus Puffinus, which has approximately 20 species. Shearwaters are drab, slender-billed birds that range from 35 to 65 cm (14 to 26 inches) in length. The common name shearwater describes the birds’ habit of gliding on stiff wings along the troughs of waves. The name is…

shearwater: Townshend’s shearwater (P. auricularis) and the Balearic shearwater (P. mauretanicus), both also 33 cm in length, are classified as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List. Townshend’s shearwater faces the greatest threat of extinction of all shearwaters, because it breeds in a single location, Socorro…

shearwater: The sooty shearwater (P. griseus) is about 50 cm (19.5 inches) long with a wingspread of approximately 85 cm (33 inches). It breeds near Australia, New Zealand, and southern South America and winters in the offshore waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. The common, or Manx,…

shearwater: auricularis) and the Balearic shearwater (P. mauretanicus), both also 33 cm in length, are classified as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List. Townshend’s shearwater faces the greatest threat of extinction of all shearwaters, because it breeds in a single location, Socorro Island, where many individuals are preyed…

shearwater: Newell’s shearwater (P. newelli) is about 33 cm (13 inches) long and has a geographic range that spans a large portion of the North Pacific Ocean. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species classified it as endangered despite the presence of several breeding colonies throughout…

homing: A Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), transported in a closed container to a point about 5,500 km (3,400 miles) from its nest, returned to the nest in 12 12 days.

shearwater: Newell’s shearwater (P. newelli) is about 33 cm (13 inches) long and has a geographic range that spans a large portion of the North Pacific Ocean. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species classified it as endangered despite the presence of several breeding colonies throughout…

procellariiform: Importance to humans: …slender-billed, or short-tailed, shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) are taken on the Bass Strait islands off Tasmania and sold fresh, salted, or deep-frozen as “muttonbirds.” In all likelihood, the name muttonbird was derived from the use of the flesh as a supplement for mutton by the early settlers of New South…

Puffy AmiYumi, Japanese popular music (commonly called J-pop) group that skyrocketed to stardom in Japan in the mid-1990s and later helped to establish J-pop in the Western world. The group’s two lead singers—Ami Onuki (b. September 18, 1973, Tokyo, Japan) and Yumi Yoshimura (b. January 30, 1975,

Pug, breed of toy dog that probably originated in China and was introduced to England near the end of the 17th century by Dutch traders. The Pug has a short muzzle and a tightly curled tail. It is a squarely built muscular dog with a large head, prominent dark eyes, and small drooping ears. Its

Yemelyan Pugachev: …peasant rebellion in Russia (Pugachev Rebellion, 1773–75).

Yemelyan Pugachev was the leader of a major Cossack and peasant rebellion in Russia (Pugachev Rebellion, 1773–75). An illiterate Don Cossack, Pugachev fought in the Russian army in the final battles of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), in Russia’s campaign in Poland (1764), and in the Russo-Turkish

Yemelyan Pugachev was the leader of a major Cossack and peasant rebellion in Russia (Pugachev Rebellion, 1773–75). An illiterate Don Cossack, Pugachev fought in the Russian army in the final battles of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), in Russia’s campaign in Poland (1764), and in the Russo-Turkish

Alla Pugacheva is a Russian popular singer known for her unique combination of Slavic musical sensibility and Western musical aesthetics. Pugacheva was a student at a music school in Moscow when she launched her popular-music career in 1965 with “Robot,” a rock song that proved a modest success.

Alla Pugacheva is a Russian popular singer known for her unique combination of Slavic musical sensibility and Western musical aesthetics. Pugacheva was a student at a music school in Moscow when she launched her popular-music career in 1965 with “Robot,” a rock song that proved a modest success.

Yemelyan Pugachev was the leader of a major Cossack and peasant rebellion in Russia (Pugachev Rebellion, 1773–75). An illiterate Don Cossack, Pugachev fought in the Russian army in the final battles of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), in Russia’s campaign in Poland (1764), and in the Russo-Turkish

Puget Sound, deep inlet of the eastern North Pacific Ocean indenting northwestern Washington, U.S. It stretches south for 100 miles (160 km) from Admiralty Inlet and Whidbey Island (beyond which lie the straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca). Hood Canal is a large western extension. The sound is the

Tacoma: …is the seat of the University of Puget Sound (1888), Pacific Lutheran University (1890), and two community colleges. The city also serves as headquarters for the Washington State Historical Society, whose museum overlooks Commencement Bay. Inc. 1884. Pop. (2010) 198,397; Tacoma Metro Division, 795,225; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metro Area, 3,439,809; (2020) 219,346;…

Pierre Puget was a French Baroque sculptor, as well as a painter and architect, whose dramatic style at times chafed the traditional Classicism of the French court. Puget traveled in Italy as a young man (1640–43), when he was employed by a muralist, Pietro da Cortona, to work on the ceiling

spider crab: …crabs include the genera Loxorhynchus, Pugettia, and Epialtus.

kelp crab, Pacific species of spider crab

Jainism: Jiva and ajiva: Matter (pudgala) has the characteristics of touch, taste, smell, and colour; however, its essential characteristic is lack of consciousness. The smallest unit of matter is the atom (paramanu). Heat, light, and shade are all forms of fine matter.

Abhidhamma Pitaka: …Elements”), another supplementary work, (4) Puggalapannatti (“Designation of Person”), largely a collection of excerpts from the Anguttara Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka, classifying human characteristics in relation to stages on the Buddhist path and generally considered the earliest Abhidhamma text, (5) Kathavatthu (“Points of Controversy”), attributed to Moggaliputta, president of…

Florence Pugh is an English actress who made a name for herself in the late 2010s with her wide-ranging and committed performances, particularly in the pastoral horror movie Midsommar and the critically acclaimed adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women (both 2019). Pugh’s later notable

Tammy Wynette was an American singer considered the “first lady of country music” from the late 1960s to the 1990s. She possessed a distinctive “teardrop-in-every-note” voice and was one of the first female country artists to record songs told from a woman’s perspective. Many of her songs have

Piers Morgan is a British journalist and media figure who attracted controversy as a tabloid editor for his aggressive tactics in breaking stories and who later achieved international fame as a television personality. He hosted the talk show Piers Morgan Tonight (later Piers Morgan Live) on CNN

boxing, sport, both amateur and professional, involving attack and defense with the fists. Boxers usually wear padded gloves and generally observe the code set forth in the marquess of Queensberry rules. Matched in weight and ability, boxing contestants try to land blows hard and often with their

parkinsonism: Pugilistic parkinsonism results from head trauma and has affected professional boxers such as Jack Dempsey and Muhammad Ali. The parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam, which occurs among the Chamorro people of the Pacific Mariana Islands, is also thought to result from an unidentified environmental agent. In…

A.W.N. Pugin was an English architect, designer, author, theorist, and leading figure in the English Roman Catholic and Gothic revivals. Pugin was the son of the architect Augustus Charles Pugin, who gave him his architectural and draftsmanship training. His mature professional life began in 1836

history of Europe: Sculpture and architecture: Pugin and Viollet-le-Duc did grasp the principles of what a new style should be, the former’s love of Gothic reinstating the merit of framework construction and the latter’s breadth of vision as a restorer leading him to predict that iron construction would one day pass…

A.W.N. Pugin was an English architect, designer, author, theorist, and leading figure in the English Roman Catholic and Gothic revivals. Pugin was the son of the architect Augustus Charles Pugin, who gave him his architectural and draftsmanship training. His mature professional life began in 1836

Puglia, regione, southeastern Italy. It extends from the Fortore River in the northwest to Cape Santa Maria di Leuca at the tip of the Salentine Peninsula (the “heel” of Italy) and comprises the provincie of Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, and Taranto. The northern third of

Italy: The plains: …the Po valley and the Apulian Plain, are ancient sea gulfs filled by alluvium. Others, such as the Lecce Plain in Puglia, flank the sea on rocky plateaus about 65 to 100 feet (20 to 30 meters) high, formed of ancient land leveled by the sea and subsequently uplifted. Plains…

Pietro Verri: …the moving spirit of the Società dei Pugni, a group of Milanese intellectuals influenced by the French Encyclopedists. From 1764 to 1766 he directed the society’s periodical, Il caffè (“The Coffeehouse”), with the collaboration of his brother, novelist Alessandro (1741–1816). Pietro Verri contributed at least 38 articles on literary subjects…

Raoul Pugno was a French pianist, organist, composer, and teacher renowned particularly for his chamber recitals with violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. Pugno studied with Georges Mathias (piano) and Ambroise Thomas (composition) at the Paris Conservatory from 1866 to 1869. He was organist at the Church of

Raoul Pugno was a French pianist, organist, composer, and teacher renowned particularly for his chamber recitals with violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. Pugno studied with Georges Mathias (piano) and Ambroise Thomas (composition) at the Paris Conservatory from 1866 to 1869. He was organist at the Church of

collapse of the Soviet Union: The coup against Gorbachev: …Pavlov; Minister of Internal Affairs Boris Pugo; Vasily Starodubtsev, chairman of the Farmers’ Union; Aleksandr Tizyakov, president of the U.S.S.R. Association of State Enterprises; and Minister of Defense Marshal Dmitry Yazov. They soon issued Resolution No. 1, which banned strikes and demonstrations and imposed press censorship. There was also an…

Pugwash Conferences, series of international meetings of scientists to discuss problems of nuclear weapons and world security. The first of the conferences met in July 1957 at the estate of the American philanthropist Cyrus Eaton in the village of Pugwash, Nova Scotia, in response to an appeal by

Pugwash Conferences, series of international meetings of scientists to discuss problems of nuclear weapons and world security. The first of the conferences met in July 1957 at the estate of the American philanthropist Cyrus Eaton in the village of Pugwash, Nova Scotia, in response to an appeal by

Majorca: …4,741 feet (1,445 metres) at Mayor Peak (Puig Major). Precipitous cliffs, often about 1,000 feet (300 metres) high, characterize much of the north coast. The island’s varied landscape includes pine forests, olive groves, steep gullies, intensively terraced slopes, and fertile valleys. The much less rugged hills in the southeast are…

Manuel Puig was an Argentine novelist and motion-picture scriptwriter who achieved international acclaim with his novel El beso de la mujer araña (1976; Kiss of the Spider Woman, filmed 1985). Puig spent his childhood in a small village on the pampas, but moved at age 13 to Buenos Aires, where he

Catalonia: The Catalonian independence movement in the 21st century: …the two groups settled on Carles Puigdemont, the mayor of Girona. Mas stepped aside, although he remained a member of the Catalan parliament, and Puigdemont vowed to continue the efforts to establish an independent Catalan state.

Karakorum: In the Battle of Puir Nor in 1388, Chinese forces under the leadership of the emperor Hung-wu invaded Mongolia and won a decisive victory, capturing 70,000 Mongols and destroying Karakorum. Later it was partially rebuilt but was subsequently abandoned. The Buddhist monastery of Erdeni Dzu (built 1585),…

show jumping: …on jumping ability alone, called Puissance, requires the horse to run over a set number of obstacles in progressively more difficult courses; there is a limit of four jump-offs for Puissance competitions.

puja, in Hinduism, ceremonial worship, ranging from brief daily rites in the home to elaborate temple rituals. The word puja is derived from the Dravidian pu (“flower”). In its simplest form, puja usually consists of making an offering of flowers or fruit to an image or statue (murti) of a god. The

puja, in Hinduism, ceremonial worship, ranging from brief daily rites in the home to elaborate temple rituals. The word puja is derived from the Dravidian pu (“flower”). In its simplest form, puja usually consists of making an offering of flowers or fruit to an image or statue (murti) of a god. The

Convergence and Union: …and ’90s, the CiU and Jordí Pujol i Soley, the president of Catalonia from 1980 to 2003, supported the national government led by the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), which in return agreed to generous tax transfers to the Catalonian government. However, in 1994, demanding that greater autonomy and more…

Albert Pujols is a Dominican-born American professional baseball player who was one of the most prolific hitters of the early 21st century. Pujols was introduced to baseball early in life by his father, who was a popular pitcher in the Dominican Republic. The Pujols family immigrated to the United

Albert Pujols is a Dominican-born American professional baseball player who was one of the most prolific hitters of the early 21st century. Pujols was introduced to baseball early in life by his father, who was a popular pitcher in the Dominican Republic. The Pujols family immigrated to the United

pansori: …a vocalist accompanied by a buk (double-headed barrel drum). Built from the word pan, meaning “open space,” and sori, meaning “singing” or “sound,” the term pansori itself is a reference to the markets, public squares, and other such open venues where performances originally took place.

Iraq: The invasion: … in the north and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in the south—contended with one another for control. This competition encouraged the Baʿathist regime to attempt to direct affairs in the Kurdish autonomous region by various means, including military force. The Iraqi military launched a successful attack against the Kurdish…

Lake Pukaki, lake in central South Island, New Zealand, occupying 65 square miles (169 square km) of a valley dammed by a terminal moraine (glacial debris). The lake, 1,640 feet (500 m) above sea level, receives the Tasman and Hooker rivers, which draw some of their waters from melting glaciers

Easter Island: Archaeology of Easter Island: …busts also had huge cylindrical pukao (topknots) of red tuff placed on top of their slender heads. Most middle-period statues range from about 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 metres) in height, but the biggest among those formerly standing on top of an ahu was about 32 feet (10…

Pukapuka Atoll, one of the northern Cook Islands, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean. A coral formation, it comprises three islets—the main islet of Pukapuka (also called Wale) and the uninhabited Motu Kavata and Motu Koe. Inhabited by Polynesian

Pukaskwa National Park, national park, central Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern shore of Lake Superior. Established in 1971, it is the province’s largest national park, with an area of 725 square miles (1,878 square km). Pukaskwa includes areas of rugged Canadian Shield wilderness, as well as