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Jerahmeel

(Encyclopedia) JerahmeelJerahmeeljēräˈmēĕl [key]. In the Bible, prince commanded by Jehoiakim to imprison Jeremiah.

Shelomi

(Encyclopedia) ShelomiShelomishĕlˈōmī, shēlōˈmī [key], in the Bible, father of Ahihud, a prince of Asher.

Ligne, Charles Joseph, prince de

(Encyclopedia) Ligne, Charles Joseph, prince deLigne, Charles Joseph, prince deshärl zhôzĕfˈ prăNs də lēˈnyə [key], 1735–1814, Austrian field marshal. He belonged to an ancient princely family of…

Cuza, Alexander John

(Encyclopedia) Cuza, Alexander JohnCuza, Alexander Johnk&oomacr;ˈzä [key], or Alexander John I, 1820–73, first prince of Romania (1859–66), b. Moldavia. An officer who participated in the 1848…

Salman bin Abdul Aziz

(Encyclopedia) Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 1935–, king of Saudi Arabia (2015–), b. Riyadh. Like his predecessor, King Abdullah, he is a son—by a different wife—of Saudi Arabia's founder, Ibn Saud. Salman…

Prince William Sound

(Encyclopedia) Prince William Sound, large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula. It has many bays and good harbors; the large Columbia Glacier flows…

Bouillon

(Encyclopedia) Bouillon, town, Luxembourg prov., SE Belgium, in the Ardennes on the Semois River, near the French border. It is a small manufacturing…

Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich

(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Aleksey KonstantinovichTolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovichtŏlˈstoi, Rus. əlyĭksyāˈ kənstəntyēˈnəvĭch təlstoiˈ [key], 1817–75, Russian poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was a…

Bezborodko, Aleksandr Andreevich, Prince

(Encyclopedia) Bezborodko, Aleksandr Andreevich, PrinceBezborodko, Aleksandr Andreevich, Princeəlyĭksänˈdər əndrāˈəvĭch bĕzbôrôdˈkô [key], 1747–99, Russian statesman. He became secretary of petitions…