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West Siberian Plain

(Encyclopedia)West Siberian Plain, an extensive region of continuous flatland, N Asia, comprising the western third of Siberia, Russia. It is bounded on the east by the Yenisei River, on the north by the Arctic Oce...

Chapultepec

(Encyclopedia)Chapultepec chäpo͞olˌtāpĕkˈ [key] [Nahuatl,=grasshopper hill], 1,600 acres (650 hectares), park in Mexico City. It was originally developed as a residence for Aztec rulers. A castle built on a h...

Amnon

(Encyclopedia)Amnon. In the Bible, David's eldest son. He raped his half-sister Tamar and was killed for it by her brother Absalom.

milu

(Encyclopedia)milu: see Père David's deer.

Menevia

(Encyclopedia)Menevia, Wales: see Saint David's. ...

elaphure

(Encyclopedia)elaphure: see Père David's deer. ...

Davit, Gerard

(Encyclopedia)Davit, Gerard: see David, Gerard.

Rei

(Encyclopedia)Rei rēˈī [key], loyal adherent of David.

Walden Pond

(Encyclopedia)Walden Pond, Mass.: see Thoreau, Henry David. ...

Chronicles

(Encyclopedia)Chronicles, two books of the Bible, originally a single work in the Hebrew canon (the final book of that canon), called First and Second Chronicles in the Authorized Version, and called First and Seco...