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Dimona

(Encyclopedia) Dimona Dimona dīmōˈnə [key] [Heb.,=wasting], town, S Israel, in the Negev Desert. It is…

Dinah

(Encyclopedia) DinahDinahdīˈnə [key], in the Bible, daughter of Jacob and Leah.

Dinajpur

(Encyclopedia) Dinajpur Dinajpur dĭnäjˈp&oobreve;r [key], city, N Bangladesh, on the Punarbhaba River. It is an…

Dinard

(Encyclopedia) Dinard Dinard dēnärˈ [key], town, Îlle-et-Vilaine dept., NW France, in Brittany, on an…

Dinaric Alps

(Encyclopedia) Dinaric AlpsDinaric Alpsdīnârˈĭk [key], Ital. Alpi Dinariche, Serbo-Croatian Dinara Planina, mountain system, extending c.400 mi (640 km) along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea from…

Dindigul

(Encyclopedia) Dindigul Dindigul dĭnˈdĭgĕl [key], city, Tamil Nadu state, S India. It is a railroad junction and a…

Aligarh

(Encyclopedia) Aligarh Aligarh əlēgŭrˈ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. A district administrative headquarters and an important agricultural trade center…

D'Indy, Vincent

(Encyclopedia) D'Indy, VincentD'Indy, VincentvăNsäNˈ dăNdēˈ [key], 1851–1931, French composer. D'Indy was a pupil of César Franck. In 1894, Charles Bordes, Guilmant, and d'Indy founded the Schola…

diner

(Encyclopedia) diner, restaurant resembling the railroad dining car. In the mid-19th cent., the first dining cars that appeared on trains were nothing more than an empty car with a fastened-down…

Dinesen, Isak

(Encyclopedia) Dinesen, IsakDinesen, Isakēˈsäk dēˈnəsən [key], pseud. of Baroness Karen Blixen, 1885–1962, Danish author, who wrote primarily in English. In 1914 she married Baron Blixen and went to…