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 | | Some dictionary are called encyclopedic, because they not only define words but also offer additional descriptive and explanatory information and identify many biographical and geographical names. |
| | A famous encyclopedic dictionary is the French 19th-century dictionary-encyclopedia the Grand dictionnaire universel (17 volumes, 1865-1890), compiled by Pierre Athanase Larousse.The greatest such American work is the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (revised edition, 12 volumes, 1911), edited by American linguist William Dwight Whitney. |
| | The earliest known dictionary were kept in the Mesopotamian city of Elba (now part of Syria). |
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