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Port Pirie
(Encyclopedia) Port PiriePort Piriepĭrˈē [key], city and municipality (2016 pop. 17,364), South Australia, S Australia, on an inlet of Spencer Gulf. It is a railroad center and has uranium refineries…Socoh
(Encyclopedia) SocohSocohsōˈkō [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, SW ancient Palestine, SW of Bethlehem. It is also spelled Shochoh, Shoco, Shocho, Socho, and Sochoh. 2 Town, in the hill country of Judah,…Ombos
(Encyclopedia) OmbosOmbosŏmˈbōs [key], ancient city, S Egypt, on the Nile, S of Idfu. It was strategically located on top of a hill. The city attained great importance under the Ptolemies, who built…Areopagus
(Encyclopedia) AreopagusAreopagusărēŏpˈəgəs [key] [Gr.,=hill of Ares], rocky hill, 370 ft (113 m) high, NW of the Acropolis of Athens, famous as the sacred meeting place of the prime council of…Friendship Hill National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Friendship Hill National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius
(Encyclopedia) Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius, 1843–1915, president (1888–99) and chairman of the board (1899–1915) of the Canadian Pacific Railway, b. Illinois. He worked on U.S. railways before…Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Biblical Allusions
Antedeluvian: Antedeluvian is Latin for “before the flood,” referring to the flood Noah rode out in Genesis. Something very old or outdated is sometimes exaggeratedly called antedeluvian. The…Chittagong
(Encyclopedia) Chittagong Chittagong chĭtˈəgŏng [key], city, capital of Chittagong division, SE Bangladesh, on the…A. E. Housman: Bredon Hill
Bredon HillIn summertime on Bredon[1] The bells they sound so clear; Round both the shires they ring them In steeples far and near, A happy noise to hear.Here of a Sunday morning My love…Trending
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