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(Encyclopedia)Geuel gyo͞oˈĕl [key], tribal chief of Gad. ...Roman, town, Romania
(Encyclopedia)Roman, town (1990 pop. 78,749), NE Romania, in Moldavia, at the confluence of the Prut and Siretul rivers. Sugar refining and the manufacture of building materials are the chief industries. The town w...Salinas, river, United States
(Encyclopedia)Salinas, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Santa Lucia Mts., S Calif., and flowing (partly underground) past King City, Paso Robles, and Salinas, NW to Monterey Bay. The irrigated valley is...Libyan Desert
(Encyclopedia)Libyan Desert, northeast part of the Sahara Desert, NE Africa, in SW Egypt, E Libya, and NW Sudan; called the Western Desert in Egypt. It is a region of sand dunes, stony plains, and rocky plateaus. T...Jahath
(Encyclopedia)Jahath jāˈhăth [key], in the Bible. 1 Descendant of Gershom. 2 Chief of a Gershonite family. 3 Descendant of Judah. 4 Levite. 5 Temple overseer. ...Moscow Basin
(Encyclopedia)Moscow Basin, lignite basin, c.200 mi (320 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, central European Russia, S of Moscow. Tula is the chief city of the region. Low-grade bituminous and lignite coals, suitable...Meshillemith
(Encyclopedia)Meshillemith –mōth [key]. In the Bible, Ephraimite chief. ...Colatina
(Encyclopedia)Colatina ko͝olətēˈnä [key], city, Espiritu Santo state, E central Brazil, on the Doce River. ...Dagon
(Encyclopedia)Dagon dāˈgŏn [key], god of fertility, widely worshiped in the Middle East, particularly in Canaan. In the Bible he is mentioned as one of the chief deities of the Philistines. ...Dugdale, Sir William
(Encyclopedia)Dugdale, Sir William, 1605–86, English antiquarian. His chief works are Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656), The Baronage of England (1675–76), and the greater part of Monasticon Anglicanum (3 vol....Browse by Subject
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