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Benét, Stephen Vincent

(Encyclopedia)Benét, Stephen Vincent bĕnāˈ [key], 1898–1943, American poet and author, b. Bethlehem, Pa., grad. Yale, 1919; brother of William Rose Benét. After graduating from college, Benét published seve...

Chimham

(Encyclopedia)Chimham kĭmˈhăm [key], in the Bible, Barzillai's son. The “habitation of Chimham” was a place near Bethlehem. ...

Longyearbyen

(Encyclopedia)Longyearbyen lôngˈyērbüˌən [key], town and administrative center of Svalbard, on Isfjorden, Spitsbergen island. It was founded (1905) as a coal-mining settlement by an American company and named...

Beth-horon

(Encyclopedia)Beth-horon bĕth-hōˈrən [key], in the Bible, name of two neighboring towns on the northerly road from Lod to Jerusalem. They are the modern Beit Ur at Tahta and Beit Ur al Fawga in the West Bank. I...

check

(Encyclopedia)check or cheque, bill of exchange (see draft) drawn upon a bank or trust company or broker connected with a clearinghouse (see clearing). Upon presentation of a check, the bank or other drawee pays ca...

Cologne

(Encyclopedia)Cologne kəlōnˈ [key], Ger. Köln, city (2021 est. metro area pop. 1,129,000), North Rhine�...

Chiang Mai

(Encyclopedia)Chiang Mai jyĕngˈ– [key], city, capital of Chiang Mai prov., N Thailand, on the Ping River, ...

Japhleti

(Encyclopedia)Japhleti jăflēˈtī [key], in the Bible, clan, in a region between Ataroth-adar and lower Beth-horon, probably in the vicinity of the present-day Ramallah (West Bank). It was either of Canaanite ori...

Neuhausen am Rheinfall

(Encyclopedia)Neuhausen am Rheinfall noiˈhouzən äm rīnˈfäl [key], town (1990 pop. 10,619), Schaffhausen canton, N Switzerland, on the right bank of the Rhine River. It is a manufacturing center adjoining the ...

Gozzoli, Benozzo

(Encyclopedia)Gozzoli, Benozzo bānôtˈtsō gôtˈtsōlē [key], 1420–97, Florentine painter, whose real name was Benozzo di Lese. He was apprenticed to Fra Angelico, first in Florence and later in Rome. Becomin...