Search

Search results

Displaying 111 - 120

Calvary

(Encyclopedia) CalvaryCalvarykălˈvərē [key] [Lat.,=a skull] or GolgothaGolgothagŏlˈgəthə [key] [Heb.,=a skull], in the Gospels, place where Jesus was crucified, outside what was then the wall of…

Speedway

(Encyclopedia) Speedway, town (1990 pop. 13,092), Marion co., central Ind., just W of Indianapolis; inc. 1926. The Indianapolis Speedway, site of the annual Indianapolis 500 car race, is located…

Parkes

(Encyclopedia) Parkes, town and area (2016 pop. 14,608), New South Wales, SE Australia. North of the town is the Parkes Observatory, the site of a 210-ft (64-m) movable dish radiotelescope that…

Walpole

(Encyclopedia) Walpole, industrial town (1990 pop. 20,212), Norfolk co., E Mass., SW of Boston; settled 1659, inc. 1724. Machinery, trailers, fences, and roofing are the chief manufactures. Walpole…

Clearfield

(Encyclopedia) Clearfield, city (2020 pop. 31,364), Davis co., N Utah; inc. 1922. Hill Air Force Base, to the northeast, is the state's largest…

Knossos

(Encyclopedia) Knossos or CnossusCnossusboth: nŏsˈəs [key], ancient city of Crete, on the north coast, near modern Iráklion. The site was occupied long before 3000 b.c., and it was the center of an…

East Saint Louis

(Encyclopedia) East Saint Louis East Saint Louis l&oomacr;ˈĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 25,377), St. Clair co., SW…

Newburn

(Encyclopedia) Newburn, town (1991 pop. 43,713), Northumberland, NE England, on the Tyne River. It is a coal-mining and industrial center with a 12th-century church. Newburn was the site of a battle…

Moriah, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Moriah, Mount, biblical name of the hill of E Jerusalem. According to Second Chronicles it was the site of Solomon's temple.

Henry, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Henry, Cape, SE Va., promontary at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, E of Norfolk. Cape Henry Memorial marks the approximate spot where the Jamestown settlers landed in 1607. In 1939 the…