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Saint Martin

(Encyclopedia)Saint Martin săN märtăNˈ [key], Du. Sint Maarten, island, 37 sq mi (96 sq km), West Indies, one of the Leeward Islands. Since its occupation in 1648 by the Dutch and the French, it has been divide...

Gerhardt, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Gerhardt, Paul, 1607–76, German hymn writer and clergyman. Some of his famous texts, such as O Sacred Head Sore Wounded, are much used in English translations. ...

Jahdiel

(Encyclopedia)Jahdiel jäˈdīĕl [key], in the Bible, head of a Manassite family. ...

Port Augusta

(Encyclopedia)Port Augusta, city (2016 pop. 13,808), South Australia, S Australia, at the head of Spencer Gulf. It is a railroad center and a center for solar and other renewable energy. ...

Bebai

(Encyclopedia)Bebai bēbāˈī [key], in the Bible, head of a family in Zerubbabel's return. ...

Jahmai

(Encyclopedia)Jahmai jäˈmāī, jämāˈī [key], in the Bible, head of the house of Tola. ...

Asnah

(Encyclopedia)Asnah ăsˈnə [key], in the Bible, head of a family that returned with Zerubbabel. ...

Shuthelah

(Encyclopedia)Shuthelah sho͞oˈthēlə [key], in the Bible, head of an Ephraimite family. ...

Medici, Piero de', 1416–69, Italian merchant prince

(Encyclopedia)Medici, Piero de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1416–69, Italian merchant prince. He succeeded his father, Cosimo de' Medici, as head of the Medici family and as leader of the Florent...

Kundla, John Albert

(Encyclopedia)Kundla, John Albert, 1916–, American basketball coach, b. Star Junction, Pa. A star player at the Univ. of Minnesota, he served in the navy during World War II, then coached (1946–47) at the Colle...