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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(Encyclopedia)Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly North-West Frontier Province, province and historic region (2017 provisional pop. 35,525,047), c.51,510 sq mi (133,410 sq km), NW Pakistan, bounded on the N and W by Afgha...

Bessarabia

(Encyclopedia)Bessarabia bĕsərāˈbēə [key], historic region, c.17,600 sq mi (45,600 sq km), largely in Moldova and Ukraine. It is bounded by the Dniester River on the north and east, the Prut on the west, and ...

Dor

(Encyclopedia)Dor or Dora, Canaanite seaport, ancient Palestine (modern Israel), N of Caesarea Palestinae. It was never a Jewish city but rather a Phoenician outpost. It was rebuilt by the Romans; still visible are...

Dumah

(Encyclopedia)Dumah do͞oˈmə [key], in the Bible. 1 Descendants of Ishmael, an Arabic tribe in the desert of N Arabia. 2 Town, S ancient Palestine. 3 Apparently a symbolic name for Edom. ...

Kedar

(Encyclopedia)Kedar kēˈdər [key], powerful nomadic tribe, who lived in N Arabia, E of Palestine. Their name appears often in the Bible, where it is identified as meaning the descendants of the second son of Ishm...

Caleb

(Encyclopedia)Caleb kāˈlĕb [key], in the Bible, principal spy sent into Canaan, noted for his faithfulness to God. The name is mentioned elsewhere, apparently in connection with a clan inhabiting S ancient Pales...

Ain, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Ain āˈĭn [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, N ancient Palestine. 2 See En-rimmon. ...

Chukchi Peninsula

(Encyclopedia)Chukchi Peninsula cho͞okˈchē [key], northeastern extremity of Asia, terminating in Cape Dezhnev, Russian Far East. Washed by the E Siberian and Chukchi seas in the northeast, the peninsula is the e...

Howard, John Winston, Australian political leader

(Encyclopedia)Howard, John Winston, 1939–, Australian political leader and prime minister (1996–2007), b. Sydney. A graduate of Sydney Univ., a conservative lawyer, and a member of the Liberal party, he was ele...

millet

(Encyclopedia)millet, common name for several species of grasses cultivated mainly for cereals in the Eastern Hemisphere and for forage and hay in North America. The principal varieties are the foxtail, pearl, and ...