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Elaine

(Encyclopedia) Elaine, in Arthurian legend: see Launcelot, Sir.

El Alamein

(Encyclopedia) El Alamein: see Alamein, El, Egypt.

El Alto

(Encyclopedia) El Alto El Alto ĕl älˈtō [key], city, La Paz dept., W Bolivia. A burgeoning suburb of La Paz that…

Elam

(Encyclopedia) ElamElamēˈləm [key], ancient country of Asia, N of the Persian Gulf and E of the Tigris, now in W Iran. A civilization seems to have been established there very early, probably in the…

Elamite

(Encyclopedia) ElamiteElamiteēˈləmītˌ [key], extinct language of uncertain relationship that was once spoken in the ancient kingdom of Elam, located in SW Asia. It appears to be unrelated to any…

Al Qaida

(Encyclopedia) Al Qaida: see Al Qaeda.

eland

(Encyclopedia) elandelandēˈlənd [key], large, spiral-horned African antelope, genus Taurotragus, found in brush country or open forest at the edge of grasslands. Elands live in small herds and are…

elaphure

(Encyclopedia) elaphure: see Père David's deer.

Elara

(Encyclopedia) ElaraElaraēˈlərə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.

Elasah

(Encyclopedia) ElasahElasahĕlˈəsə, ēlāˈsə [key], in the Bible. 1 One of Zedekiah's messengers to Babylon. 2 Priest who married a foreign wife.