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Khachaturian, Aram Ilich
(Encyclopedia)Khachaturian, Aram Ilich ərämˈ ĭlyēchˈ khäˌchəto͞oryänˈ [key], 1903–78, Russian composer of Armenian parentage, b. Tiflis (now Tbilisi). Khachaturian moved to Moscow in the early 1920s a...Khatchatourian, Aram Ilich
(Encyclopedia)Khatchatourian, Aram Ilich: see Khachaturian. ...Aram
(Encyclopedia)Aram āˈrăm [key], ancient country and people centered in Damascus in S Syria between the 11th and 8th cent. b.c. The Bible records constant contacts between the Hebrews and Aram. The Aramaeans spok...Padan-aram
(Encyclopedia)Padan-aram pāˈdən-āˈrăm [key], in the Bible, that part of Aram that lay in the Euphrates valley; it was the homeland of the Patriarchs. It also appears as Padan and, in the title of Psalm 60, Ar...Aram, Eugene
(Encyclopedia)Aram, Eugene āˈrəm [key], 1704–59, English philologist, b. Yorkshire. A self-taught linguist, Aram was the first to identify the Celtic languages as related to the other languages of Europe. In 1...Aram-naharaim
(Encyclopedia)Aram-naharaim āˈrăm-nāˌhārāˈĭm [key], the same as Padan-aram. ...Aram-zobah
(Encyclopedia)Aram-zobah āˈrăm–zōˈbə [key], the same as Zoba. ...Tschaikowsky, Piotr Ilich
(Encyclopedia)Tschaikowsky, Piotr Ilich: see Tchaikovsky. ...Ramírez Sánchez, Ilich
(Encyclopedia)Ramírez Sánchez, Ilich: see Carlos the Jackal. ...Kir
(Encyclopedia)Kir kûr [key], in the Bible. 1 Unidentified land to which Tiglathpileser III banished the Syrians, credited by Amos as the original home of the Aramaeans (see Aram). 2 Place in Moab, identified with ...Browse by Subject
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