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Strand

(Encyclopedia)Strand, street in London, England, roughly parallel with the Thames River, running from the Temple to Trafalgar Square. It is a street of law courts, hotels, theaters, and office buildings and is the ...

Kiriath-arba

(Encyclopedia)Kiriath-arba kĭˈrēăth-ärbə [key], see Hebron, West Bank. ...

Kirjath-arba

(Encyclopedia)Kirjath-arba kûrˈjăth-ärbə [key], see Hebron, West Bank. ...

Geba

(Encyclopedia)Geba gēˈbə [key], in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, c.5 mi (8 km) NW of Jerusalem, the modern Jaba, the West Bank. There Jonathan slaughtered the Philistines. ...

Charlestown, town, St. Kitts-Nevis

(Encyclopedia)Charlestown, town on the island of Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies. Charlestown is the chief town and port of the island. Sugar processing is th...

Beth-tappuah

(Encyclopedia)Beth-tappuah bĕth-tăpyo͞oˈə [key], in the Bible, town, c.4 mi W of Hebron, of which it was perhaps a colony; now called Taffuh (West Bank). ...

Kent, Edward Augustus, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Kent, Edward Augustus, duke of, 1767–1820, fourth son of George III of Great Britain and father of Queen Victoria. Most of his mature life was spent in military service at Gibraltar, in Canada, and ...

Kamarhati

(Encyclopedia)Kamarhati kämärhäˈtē [key], city (1991 pop. 266,625), West Bengal state, NE India. It is a suburb of Kolkata (Calcutta), with manufactures in textiles, rubber goods, cement, paint, pottery, and j...

Anderson, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpo...

Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union

(Encyclopedia)See L. Schapiro, The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2d ed. 1971); S. F. Cohen, Rethinking the Soviet Experience (1985); M. Geller, Utopia in Power (1986); S. Carter, Russian Nationalism (1990); ...