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Pindus

(Encyclopedia)Pindus pĭnˈdəs [key], Gr. Píndhos, chief mountain range of Greece, extending c.100 mi (160 km) S from the Albanian border through NW Greece. Mt. Smólikas (8,650 ft/2,637 m) is the highest peak. T...

Peter Chrysologus, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Peter Chrysologus, Saint, c.380–450, bishop of Ravenna, Doctor of the Church. Ordained by Cornelius, bishop of Imola, he lived as a monk for several years before being named bishop by Pope Sixtus II...

Bel

(Encyclopedia)Bel bāl, bĕl [key], deity of the Middle Eastern religions. The name is a cognate of that of Baal. For Bel in the Bible, see Bel and the Dragon. ...

Uitenhage

(Encyclopedia)Uitenhage yo͞oˈtənhāgˌ, oiˈtənhäˌgə [key], town, part of Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., S South Africa, on the Zwartkops River. It is an industrial center,...

Toowoomba

(Encyclopedia)Toowoomba təwo͞omˈbə [key], city and region (2016 pop. 160,779), Queensland, E Australia, in the Eastern Highlands, at the edge of the Darling Downs, c.2000 ft (610 m) above sea level. The city is...

Puteoli

(Encyclopedia)Puteoli pyo͞otēˈəlī [key], ancient city of Campania, S Italy, 8 mi (13 km) W of Naples. Founded c.520 b.c. by Samian Greeks from Cumae, it came under Roman control by the end of the 4th cent. b.c...

Nicomedia

(Encyclopedia)Nicomedia nĭkōmēˈdēə [key], ancient city, NW Asia Minor, near the Bosporus, in present-day Turkey. Refounded (264 b.c.) by Nicomedes I of Bithynia to replace Astacus as his capital, it flourishe...

Perlman, Selig

(Encyclopedia)Perlman, Selig, 1888–1959, American economist, b. Bialystok, Poland. His parents were active in the Zionist and labor movements of Eastern Europe. Perlman emigrated to the United States in 1918, whe...

Olcott, Henry Steel

(Encyclopedia)Olcott, Henry Steel, 1832–1907, American religious leader and author, cofounder of Theosophist movement, b. Orange, N.J. After working as an agricultural scientist and a lawyer, he and Helena Blavat...

Willimantic

(Encyclopedia)Willimantic wĭləmănˈtĭk [key], former city in the town of Windham, Windham co., Conn., at confluence of Willimantic and Natchaug rivers, which there form the Shetucket River; inc. as a borough 18...