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Keilah

(Encyclopedia)Keilah kēīˈlə [key], in the Bible, town, SW ancient Palestine. David rescued it from the Philistines and lived there until the treachery of its inhabitants caused him to leave. ...

Lasea

(Encyclopedia)Lasea lāsēˈə [key], ancient town of Crete, S of Candia. It was near the harbor called Fair Havens. The Acts of the Apostles reports that it is where Paul landed. Some ruins remain. ...

Lebonah

(Encyclopedia)Lebonah lēbōˈnə [key], in the Bible, place, ancient Palestine, near Shiloh. ...

Argolis

(Encyclopedia)Argolis ärˈgəlĭs [key], region of ancient Greece in the NE Peloponnesus. It was roughly identical with the Argive plain and was the area dominated by the city of Argos. ...

Kapilavastu

(Encyclopedia)Kapilavastu käˌpĭləväˈsto͞o [key], ancient town, S Nepal. According to legend, the Buddha, whose father ruled the state of Kapilavastu, was born nearby and passed his early years there. ...

Paternò

(Encyclopedia)Paternò pätārnôˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 44,266), E Sicily, Italy, at the foot of Mt. Etna, probably the ancient Hybla. It is an agricultural market and a food-processing center. ...

Brünig Pass

(Encyclopedia)Brünig Pass brüˈnĭkh [key], 3,396 ft (1,035 m) high, ancient route between the Forest Cantons and the Bernese Alps, central Switzerland. It is crossed by a highway and a railroad. ...

Bromsgrove

(Encyclopedia)Bromsgrove brŏmzˈgrōv [key], town and district, Worcestershire, central England. An ancient ...

Thyatira

(Encyclopedia)Thyatira thīˌətīˈrə [key], ancient city of Lydia, now Akhisar, Turkey. It was one of the Seven Churches in Asia and was known for its purple dye (Acts 16.14). ...

Tirzah

(Encyclopedia)Tirzah tûrˈzə [key], in the Bible. 1 Daughter and coheiress of Zelophehad. 2 City, ancient Palestine, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel from the reign of Jeroboam I to Omri. ...