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Tirupati

(Encyclopedia) Tirupati, city (1991 pop. 188,904), in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh state in S India. It is located in a valley of the Eastern Ghats some 35 mi (56 km) NNE of Chittoor. The…

Prescott, William

(Encyclopedia) Prescott, William, 1726–95, American Revolutionary officer, b. Groton, Mass. He saw service in the French and Indian Wars. In the American Revolution, he fortified (1775) Breed's Hill…

The Books of the Bible

Below is the Protestant canon of the Bible (New Revised Standard Version). The Roman Catholic canon also includes the Deuterocanonical books as part of the Old Testament (these are considered…

Dyer, John

(Encyclopedia) Dyer, John, 1700?–1758, English nature poet, b. Wales. He is best known for the topographical poem Grongar Hill (1726).

Darjeeling

(Encyclopedia) Darjeeling or Darjiling Darjeeling both: därjēlˈĭng [key], town, West…

Fiesole

(Encyclopedia) Fiesole Fiesole fyāˈzōlā [key], town, Tuscany, central Italy. The villas and gardens of this…

Charles Mound

(Encyclopedia) Charles Mound, hill, an ancient burial mound 1,241 ft (378 m) high, NW Ill., near the Wis. line; highest point in the state.

World's View

(Encyclopedia) World's View, Zimbabwe: see Malindidzimu Hill.

Tirumala

(Encyclopedia) Tirumala, sacred hill, India: see Tirupati.

Capitol, in Rome

(Encyclopedia) Capitol, in Rome: see Capitoline Hill.