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Salman bin Abdul Aziz

(Encyclopedia) Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 1935–, king of Saudi Arabia (2015–), b. Riyadh. Like his predecessor, King Abdullah, he is a son—by a different wife—of Saudi Arabia's founder, Ibn Saud. Salman…

Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich

(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Aleksey KonstantinovichTolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovichtŏlˈstoi, Rus. əlyĭksyāˈ kənstəntyēˈnəvĭch təlstoiˈ [key], 1817–75, Russian poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was a…

Bouillon

(Encyclopedia) Bouillon, town, Luxembourg prov., SE Belgium, in the Ardennes on the Semois River, near the French border. It is a small manufacturing…

Adriana Caselotti

voice actressBorn: 5/16/1916Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut She played the part of the title character in the Disney animated movie Snow White (1937), singing such memorable tunes as “I'm…

Shechem, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) ShechemShechemshĕkˈəm, shēˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Hivite prince. 2 Manassite chief.

Samgar-nebo

(Encyclopedia) Samgar-neboSamgar-nebosămˈgär-nēˈbō [key], in the Bible, Babylonian prince with Nebuchadnezzar at Jerusalem.

Shelumiel

(Encyclopedia) ShelumielShelumielshēl&oomacr;ˈmīəl [key], in the Bible, Simeonite prince at the time of the Exodus.

Ahiezer

(Encyclopedia) AhiezerAhiezerāhīēˈzər [key], in the Bible. 1 Prince of Dan. 2 Chief of David's bowmen.

Charles XIV, king of Sweden and Norway

(Encyclopedia) Charles XIV (Charles John; Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte)Charles XIVzhäN bäptēstˈ zhül bĕrnädôtˈ [key], 1763–1844, king of Sweden and Norway (1818–44), French Revolutionary general.…

Anticipation at Boiling Point as Release Date of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Nears

Final Harry Potter novel has many questions to answer by Mark Zurlo Deathly Hallows Quizzes Deathly Hallows: I Quiz New! Deathly Hallows: II Quiz New! Deathly Hallows: III…