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Faiyum, El

(Encyclopedia) Faiyum, ElFaiyum, Elĕl fīy&oomacr;mˈ [key], or Al FayyumAl Fayyumäl [key]Al Fayyum– [key]Al Fayyum fīy&oomacr;mˈ [key], region, coextensive with El Faiyum governorate, N Egypt…

Tel el Amarna

(Encyclopedia) Tel el Amarna, Egypt: see Tell el Amarna.

d'Aubission, Roberto

(Encyclopedia) d'Aubission, Robertod'Aubission, Robertorōbĕrˈtō dōˌbēsyōnˈ [key], 1944–92, El Savadorean public figure. A former El Salvadorean army major, he founded (1980) the right-wing National…

Grau, Jacinto

(Encyclopedia) Grau, JacintoGrau, Jacintohäthēnˈtō grou [key], 1877–1958, Spanish dramatist, b. Barcelona. Participating in Spain's early-20th-century literary renaissance, Grau slowly gained…

Pitol, Sergio

(Encyclopedia) Pitol, Sergio (Sergio Pitol Deméneghi), 1933–2018, Mexican author, essayist, and translator, b. Puebla. He studied law and literature at the National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico (1950–…

El-elohe-Israel

(Encyclopedia) El-elohe-IsraelEl-elohe-Israelĕl-ĕlōˈhē-ĭzˈrēəl [key], in the Bible, name of an altar erected by Jacob in Shechem.

El Dorado, legendary country of South America

(Encyclopedia) El DoradoEl Doradoĕlˈdəräˈdō, –rāˈ– [key] [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. The legend supposedly originated in a…

El-paran

(Encyclopedia) El-paranEl-paranĕlpāˈrăn [key], the same as Paran.