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Tappuah
(Encyclopedia) TappuahTappuahtăpy&oomacr;ˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Hebron and eponym of Beth-tappuah. 2 Border town of Manasseh, probably c.5 mi (8.1 km) NW of Shiloh. An alternate form is…Turnhout
(Encyclopedia) TurnhoutTurnhouttürnˈhout [key], commune (1991 pop. 37,874), Antwerp prov., N Belgium, near the Dutch border. Manufactures of this industrial city include paper products, bricks, flour…Bernina
(Encyclopedia) BerninaBerninabĕrnēˈnä [key], mountain group, part of the Rhaetian Alps on the Swiss-Italian border, SE Switzerland. Piz Bernina is the highest (13,304 ft/4,055 m) peak. The group has…Yalong
(Encyclopedia) Yalong or Ya-lungYalongboth: yäˈl&oomacr;ngˈ [key], river, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the Kunlun Mts., S Qinghai prov., W China, and flowing S across W Sichuan prov. to…Surma
(Encyclopedia) SurmaSurmasûrˈmə, s&oobreve;rˈmä [key], river, 320 mi (515 km) long, rising in the Manipur hills, NE India, and flowing generally W through the Surma valley, where the river is…Ceraunian Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Ceraunian MountainsCeraunian Mountainssĭrônˈēən [key], Albanian Kanalit, coastal range, S Albania, extending northwest c.70 mi (110 km) from the Greek border to the Strait of Otranto;…Pirmasens
(Encyclopedia) PirmasensPirmasenspĭrmäzĕnsˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 48,619), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, near the French border. It is a leading German shoe and boot manufacturing center. Other…pink bollworm
(Encyclopedia) pink bollworm, destructive larva of a moth, Pectinophora gossypiella. Probably of Native American origin, it is a serious pest of cotton in the S United States, chiefly along the…Seir
(Encyclopedia) SeirSeirsēˈər [key]. 1 Mountainous region, S Palestine, S of the Dead Sea. Mt. Hor is the highest point. Seir is identical with Edom, which is mentioned frequently in the Bible as Mt.…Safed Koh
(Encyclopedia) Safed KohSafed Kohsäfādˈ kō [key], mountain range on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, SE of Kabul; rises to 15,620 ft (4,761 m) at Mt. Sikaram. It parallels the Kabul River. A spur of…Trending
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