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Moho

(Encyclopedia)Moho mōˌhōrōˈvəchĭch [key]: see earth. ...

Kanarese

(Encyclopedia)Kanarese käˈnədə [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. ...

Kannada

(Encyclopedia)Kannada känərēzˈ [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. ...

Nahalal

(Encyclopedia)Nahalal, Nahallah –lŏl [key], in the Bible, city in N ancient Palestine, part of the inheritance of the children of Zebulon. ...

Hegai

(Encyclopedia)Hegai hēˈgē [key], in the Bible, chamberlain of Ahasuerus. ...

Gweru

(Encyclopedia)Gweru gwāˈlō [key], city, central Zimbabwe. Founded in 1894, it is an industrial, mining, ...

Itys

(Encyclopedia)Itys ĭtˈələs [key]: see Philomela and Procne. ...

Kadesh, oasis, ancient Palestine

(Encyclopedia)Kadesh –bärnēˈə [key], oasis in the desert S of ancient Palestine, mentioned frequently in the Bible, notably as a limit of Edom. Another biblical name is En-mishpat. ...

Jazer

(Encyclopedia)Jazer jā-āˈ– [key], ancient city E of the Jordan River, probably about 10 mi (16.1 km) N of Hisban (Jordan). In the Bible it was assigned to Gad. ...

Dionysius Periegetes

(Encyclopedia)Dionysius Periegetes pĕˌrēəjēˈtēz [key], fl. c.300? b.c., Greek poet. He wrote the poem Description of the Inhabited Earth, which was popular in antiquity. ...