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Azareel

(Encyclopedia)Azareel āzărˈēĕl [key], in the Bible. 1 One of David's warriors. 2 Musician. His name also appears as Uzziel. 3 Prince. ...

Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Elizabeth II, 1926–2022, former queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952–2022), elder daughter and successor of George VI, and Britain's lo...

Hanniel

(Encyclopedia)Hanniel hănˈīĕl [key] [Heb.,=Haniel], in the Bible, Manassite prince. ...

Paltiel

(Encyclopedia)Paltiel pălˈtīəl [key], in the Bible, prince of Issachar. ...

White Oak

(Encyclopedia)White Oak, uninc. community (1990 pop. 18,671), Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, central Md., in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. The site of the former Naval Ordnance Laboratory was renamed the...

Alexander Karadjordjević

(Encyclopedia)Alexander Karadjordjević or Karageorgevich: see Alexander, prince of Serbia; Alexander, king of Yugoslavia. ...

Roman, town, Romania

(Encyclopedia)Roman, town (1990 pop. 78,749), NE Romania, in Moldavia, at the confluence of the Prut and Siretul rivers. Sugar refining and the manufacture of building materials are the chief industries. The town w...

Beyazid

(Encyclopedia)Beyazid, 1612–1638?, Ottoman prince; brother of Sultan Murad IV. Considering Beyazid a dangerous rival, Murad ordered his execution. Beyazid's death is treated in Jean Racine's tragedy, Bajazet (167...

Summerside

(Encyclopedia)Summerside, town (1991 pop. 7,474), SW Prince Edward Island, Canada, on Bedeque Bay, an arm of Northumberland Strait. The Island's second largest city, it is a tourist center and port. Potatoes, dairy...

Madonna

(Encyclopedia)Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) mədŏnˈə, chĭkōˈnē [key], 1958–, American p...