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Alberta, University of

(Encyclopedia)Alberta, University of, at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1906, opened 1908. It has faculties of arts, engineering, medicine, agriculture, law, dentistry, ...

Hope

(Encyclopedia)Hope, city (2020 pop. 9,425), seat of Hempstead co., SW Ark. Hope is a commercial center and a distribution point for an agricultural region. Its indust...

Gorky, suburb of Moscow, Russia

(Encyclopedia)Gorky lyĕˈnyĭnskəyə [key], suburb of Moscow, central European Russia. The country home of Lenin, who died there, is now a memorial museum. ...

Montgomerie, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Montgomerie, Alexander məntgŭmˈərē [key], c.1556–c.1610, Scottish poet. His principal poem, The Cherry and the Sloe (1597), is a pedestrian and ambiguous allegory that enjoyed considerable popu...

Niflheim

(Encyclopedia)Niflheim nēˈfəlhīmˌ [key], in Norse mythology, lowest region of the underworld. A land of mist and cold, Niflheim was sometimes called the home of the dead. See also Hel. ...

Bossier City

(Encyclopedia)Bossier City bōˈzhər [key], city (2020 pop. 62,701), Bossier parish, NW La., on the Red River, ...

Tabor

(Encyclopedia)Tabor, in the Bible. 1 Mt. Tabor. 2 Levitical city. 3 Oak (AV mistranslates “plain”), near Bethel, on Saul's way home after his anointing. ...

Sorek

(Encyclopedia)Sorek sōˈrĕk [key], in the Bible, valley, SW ancient Palestine, the home of Delilah. It is the modern Nahal Soreg, Israel, which meets the sea NW of Yibna. ...

Caphtor

(Encyclopedia)Caphtor kăfˈtôr [key], in the Bible, home of the Philistines before they migrated to Canaan. Its inhabitants are called Caphtorim. Caphtor has been identified with both Crete and Cyprus. ...

Orillia

(Encyclopedia)Orillia ōrĭlˈēə [key], town (1991 pop. 25,925), SE Ont., on Lake Couchiching. Manufactures include industrial machinery, household appliances, and industrial rubber products. It is also a summer ...