See Also: Anna Comnena(encyclopedia)
anna(dictionary)
Anna, Ida and Me(tourism)
Williams, Anna(medicine)
Sewell, Anna(encyclopedia)
Anna Karenina(dictionary)
Pavlova, Anna(dictionary)
Magnani, Anna(encyclopedia)
Leone e Anna(tourism)
Freud, Anna(encyclopedia)

aviary (sh) and Anna Comnena (sh)


aviary (sh)




Structure for keeping captive birds, usually spacious enough for the aviculturist to enter.

Aviaries range from small enclosures to large flight cages 100 ft (30 m) or more long and up to 50 ft (15 m) high. Enclosures for birds that fly only little or weakly (e.g., rails, pheasants) may be only about 3 ft (1 m) high. In cold climates the aviary is usually enclosed and heated. Most aviculturists prefer to place birds in natural, planted surroundings. Many aviaries are maintained for pleasure by private aviculturists; others, especially large ones, are found in zoos or research institutions.


Anna Comnena (sh)




born Dec. 2, 1083
died งใ 1153

Byzantine historian.

Daughter of the emperor Alexius I Comnenus, she conspired with her mother against her brother John II Comnenus; when the plot was discovered, she was forced to enter a convent. There she wrote the Alexiad, a biography of her father and a pro-Byzantine account of the early Crusades.