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Heres

(Encyclopedia)Heres här– [key], in the Bible, town, S ancient Palestine, probably the same as Beth-shemesh (2.) ...

Foshan

(Encyclopedia)Foshan nämˈhoiˈ [key], city, E Guangdong prov., SE China, in the Pearl River delta. An ind...

Dorcas

(Encyclopedia)Dorcas tăbˈĭthə [key] [Gr. Dorcas and Aramaic Tabitha=gazelle], in the Acts of the Apostles, Christian woman of Joppa whom St. Peter raised from the dead. She made clothes for the poor. ...

Cham

(Encyclopedia)Cham ämādāˈ də nōāˈ [key], 1819–79, French caricaturist and lithographer. He abandoned a military career to produce over 4,000 designs, many of them caricatures and sketches of French and Al...

Shiloni

(Encyclopedia)Shiloni shīlōˈnīts, shīˈlōnīts [key]: see Shelah (1.) The term refers to inhabitants of Shiloh. ...

San Francisco de Macorís

(Encyclopedia)San Francisco de Macorís ᵺā mäkōrēsˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 96,503), N Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and processing center for an agricultural region. Its port is Sanchez. ...

Umm Qasr

(Encyclopedia)Umm Qasr käsˈə [key] town, Basra prov., S Iraq, S of Basra on the Kuwait border. Located on an arm of the Persian Gulf, it is Iraq's second largest port, with deepwater facilities. ...

Bozez and Seneh

(Encyclopedia)Bozez sēˈnə, –nĕ [key], two cliffs at the entrance to the ravine of Michmash (now the Wadi Suweinet); they are mentioned in the First Book of Samuel. ...

Zorah

(Encyclopedia)Zorah zōrēˈə [key], in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, the modern Zora, Israel, W of Jerusalem. Zorah was the home of Samson. The town was also called Zareah, and its inhabitants were known as...

La Pérouse Strait

(Encyclopedia)La Pérouse Strait sōˈyä [key], channel, 25 mi (40 km) wide, separating N Hokkaido island, Japan, from S Sakhalin island, Russia, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk...