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Dutch West India Company
(Encyclopedia) Dutch West India Company, trading and colonizing company, chartered by the States-General of the Dutch republic in 1621 and organized in 1623. Through its agency New Netherland was…Hebron, city, West Bank
(Encyclopedia) Hebron, Arab. Al-Khalil, city (2003 est. pop. 155,000), the West Bank. Hebron is situated at an altitude of 3,000 ft (910 m) in a region where grapes, cereal grains, and vegetables are…Jericho, city, West Bank
(Encyclopedia) JerichoJerichojĕrˈĭkō [key] [Heb.,=fragrant, or city of the moon god], Arab. Ariha, town (2003 est. pop. 19,000), West Bank, in the Jordan valley N of the Dead Sea; nearby is the site…Saba, island, West Indies
(Encyclopedia) SabaSabasäˈbə [key], island (1990 est. pop. 1,100), 5 sq mi (13 sq km), a special municipality of the Netherlands, one of the NW Leeward Islands, West Indies. It was formerly part of…Schism of the West
(Encyclopedia) Schism of the West: see Schism, Great.Shechem, town, West Bank
(Encyclopedia) ShechemShechemshēˈkəm [key], town, central ancient Palestine, the modern Tell Balatan, between Mts. Gerizim and Ebal, near Nablus. Archaeological excavations indicate a village there c…North-West Frontier Province
(Encyclopedia) North-West Frontier Province: see Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.German South-West Africa
(Encyclopedia) German South-West Africa: see Namibia.West Highland white terrier
(Encyclopedia) West Highland white terrier, breed of sturdy, compact terrier developed in Scotland in the early 19th cent. It stands about 11 in. (27.9 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 13 to…Bethlehem, town, West Bank
(Encyclopedia) Bethlehem Bethlehem bĕthˈlĭhĕm, –lēəm [key] [Heb.,=house of bread or…Trending
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