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Davangere

(Encyclopedia) Davangere Davangere däˈvəng–gĕrĕ [key], city, Karnataka state, SW India. It is on the Bengaluru-Pune…

Charlotte, grand duchess of Luxembourg

(Encyclopedia) Charlotte, 1896–1985, grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919–64). The second daughter of Duke William of Nassau-Weilburg and a Portuguese princess, Marie Anne of Braganza, she succeeded her…

Changes in English Pronunciation (table)

(Encyclopedia) Changes in English Pronunciation home stones name tongue Old hääm stääˈnäs näˈmä t&oobreve;ngˈgə Middle hôm stôˈnəz näˈmə t&oobreve;ngˈgə Modern hōm stōnz nām tŭng

Eden, Garden of

(Encyclopedia) Eden, Garden of, in the Bible, first home to humankind. In it were the trees of life and of the knowledge of good and evil. Having eaten the forbidden fruit of the latter tree, Adam…

Findlay

(Encyclopedia) Findlay Findlay fĭnˈlē, fĭndˈlē [key], city (2020 pop. 40,313), seat of Hancock co., NW Ohio, on the…

Farnborough

(Encyclopedia) Farnborough Farnborough färnˈbərə [key], town, Hampshire, S England. It is the site of the Royal…

Hawarden

(Encyclopedia) HawardenHawardenhôrˈdən, härˈ– [key], town, Flintshire, NE Wales. There are ruins of a 13th-century castle on the grounds of Hawarden Castle (built 1752), which was the home of William…

Capernaum

(Encyclopedia) Capernaum or CapharnaumCapharnaumkəpûrˈnēəm; kəfärˈnēəm [key], town, NE ancient Palestine, on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee; in the Gospels, it is closely associated…

Adrogué

(Encyclopedia) Adrogué Adrogué ädrōgāˈ [key] or Almirante Brown Almirante Brown älmēränˈtā [key], city, Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It was settled in…