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Rashid, El

(Encyclopedia)Rashid, El, Syria: see Ar Raqqah. ...

Toboso, El

(Encyclopedia)Toboso, El ĕl tōbōˈsō [key], town, Toledo prov., central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha. It is an agricultural center of La Mancha. El Toboso was the birthplace of Dulcinea del Toboso in Cervantes...

Salvador, El

(Encyclopedia)Salvador, El: see El Salvador.

El-elohe-Israel

(Encyclopedia)El-elohe-Israel ĕl-ĕlōˈhē-ĭzˈrēəl [key], in the Bible, name of an altar erected by Jacob in Shechem. ...

Abd el-Krim

(Encyclopedia)Abd el-Krim äbˌdĕl-krĭmˈ [key], 1882?–1963, leader of the Rif tribes of Morocco, called in full Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi. An important figure in the administration of the Spanish Z...

Gadhafi, Moammar El-

(Encyclopedia)Gadhafi, Moammar El-: see Qaddafi, Muammar al-. ...

Mers-el-Kebir

(Encyclopedia)Mers-el-Kebir mĕrs-ĕl-kəbĭrˈ [key], town, NW Algeria, on the Gulf of Oran. Originally a Roman port, it has a long history of maritime importance. During the 15th cent. it was a center of activity...

Ksar el Kebir

(Encyclopedia)Ksar el Kebir ksär ĕl kĕbĭrˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 107,065), N Morocco. The name also appears as Alcazarquivir and Al Qasr al Kabir. Near the city on Aug. 4, 1578, the Moroccans soundly defeated...

Kut-el-Amara

(Encyclopedia)Kut-el-Amara: see Al Kut, Iraq.

Bab el Mandeb

(Encyclopedia)Bab el Mandeb băb ĕl mănˈdĕb [key] [Arab.,= gate of tears], strait, 17 mi (27 km) wide, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and separating the Arabian peninsula from E Africa. It is an impo...