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Sánchez Hernández, Fidel

(Encyclopedia)Sánchez Hernández, Fidel ārnänˈdās [key], 1917–2003, president of El Salvador (1967–72). An army general, he served as minister of interior under President Julio Rivera. As president, he na...

Amram ben Scheschna

(Encyclopedia)Amram ben Scheschna gäˈōn [key], d. c.875, Hebrew scholar, head of the Jewish academy at Sura in Persia. He is chiefly known as the author of the Seder Rab Amram, a compilation of the order of pray...

Matterhorn

(Encyclopedia)Matterhorn tāôdülˈ [key], a pass (alt. 10,800 ft/3,292 m), links Italy with Switzerland. ...

Kismayo

(Encyclopedia)Kismayo –o͞o [key], town (1984 est. pop. 70,000), SW Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. It is the principal town and port of the Jubbada Hoose region. Kismayo was founded in 1872 by the sultan of Zanzib...

Tahpanhes

(Encyclopedia)Tahpanhes tēhăfˈnĭhēz [key], ancient city, NE Egypt, on Lake Manzala. The site is now on the Suez Canal. Herodotus states that the city (called by the Greeks Daphnae) had a garrison of Psamtik's ...

Hymen

(Encyclopedia)Hymen hīmənēˈəs [key], in Greek mythology, personification of marriage, represented as a beautiful youth carrying a bridal torch and wearing a veil. ...

Hachmoni

(Encyclopedia)Hachmoni hăkˈmōnīt [key], in the Bible, name of a family. An alternate form is Tachmonite. The passages are obscure. ...

Amplias

(Encyclopedia)Amplias ămplēāˈtəs [key], Christian in Rome to whom Paul sent greetings in his Letter to the Romans. ...

Lahai-roi

(Encyclopedia)Lahai-roi bēˈər– [key], in the Bible, a well, probably near Kadesh-barnea. ...

Zatthu

(Encyclopedia)Zatthu zătˈ– [key], in the Bible, family returned from Exile, married foreign wives, sealers of the Covenant. ...