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(Encyclopedia)Aventine, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome. ...Caelian
(Encyclopedia)Caelian, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome. ...Viminal
(Encyclopedia)Viminal, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome. ...Anab
(Encyclopedia)Anab āˈnăb [key], in the Bible, hill town, SW ancient Palestine. ...Hauptman, Herbert Aaron
(Encyclopedia)Hauptman, Herbert Aaron houptˈmän [key], 1917–2011, American chemist, b. Bronx, N.Y., grad. City College of New York (B.S., 1937) and Univ. of Maryland (Ph.D., 1955). In 1985, Hauptman and former ...Arab
(Encyclopedia)Arab āˈrăb [key], in the Bible, hill town of S ancient Palestine, near Hebron. ...Gaash
(Encyclopedia)Gaash gāˈăsh [key], in the Bible, hill in Mt. Ephraim. There Joshua was buried. ...Somerville
(Encyclopedia)Somerville. 1 City (1990 pop. 76,210), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, set off from Charlestown 1842, inc. as a city 1871. The...Tara
(Encyclopedia)Tara târˈə [key], village, Co. Meath, E Republic of Ireland. The Hill of Tara (507 ft/155 m high) was the seat of the high kings of Ireland from ancient times until the 6th cent. and may have been ...Hillsboro
(Encyclopedia)Hillsboro. <1> City (2020 pop. 6481), seat of Highland co., SW Oh.; founded 1807. It was long a center of bell making and is known for its ...Browse by Subject
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