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\dˈɔːɹə dˈɪstɹiə], \dˈɔːɹə dˈɪstɹiə], \d_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə d_ˈɪ_s_t_ɹ_i__ə]\
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pseudonym of Elena Chica, who married the Russian prince Kolzow-Massalsky. A voluminous Roumanian writer of travel sketches, mostly in French (1828-88); born at Bucharest. Most of her writings are polemic; e. g., her first work, "Monastic Life in the Eastern Church", alleges monasticism to be the principal obstacle to civilization in Eastern and Southern Europe. Her other works include: "German Switzerland" (4 vols.); "Women in the East"; "Women, by a Woman". She contributed many literary and historical essays to German, Italian, French, and Greek periodicals. Her studies on Albanian poetry gave rise to a nationalistic and literary movement among the Albanians. The Greek chamber of deputies, in April 1868, named her "high citizeness of Greece".
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].