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Hillcrest Heights

(Encyclopedia)Hillcrest Heights, uninc. residential town (2020 pop. 15,793), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C. It is located in a fast-g...

Edward VII

(Encyclopedia)Edward VII (Albert Edward), 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1901–10). The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, he was created prince of Wales almost immediately after his ...

Ferdinand, czar of Bulgaria

(Encyclopedia)Ferdinand, 1861–1948, czar of Bulgaria (1908–18), after being ruling prince (1887–1908). A grandnephew of Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, he was chosen prince of Bulgaria after the enforced abdic...

George, Fort

(Encyclopedia)George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. ...

Elizur

(Encyclopedia)Elizur ēlīˈzər [key], in the Bible, Reubenite prince. ...

Enan

(Encyclopedia)Enan ēˈnăn [key], in the Bible, prince of Naphtali. ...

Mountbatten, Philip

(Encyclopedia)Mountbatten, Philip: see Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of. ...

Souris East

(Encyclopedia)Souris East, town (1991 pop. 1,333), NE Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Settled in 1748 by Acadians, it is a fishing port. ...

Ahihud

(Encyclopedia)Ahihud āhīˈhəd [key], in the Bible, Prince of Asher. ...

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