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Beacon

(Encyclopedia)Beacon, city (2020 pop. 14,370), Dutchess co., SE N.Y., on the E bank of the Hudson River; settled 1663, inc. in 1913 when Fishkill Landing and Matteawa...

Gratian, Roman emperor of the West

(Encyclopedia)Gratian grāˈshən [key], 359–83, Roman emperor of the West (375–83). At the death of his father, Valentinian I, he accepted the army's election of his brother, Valentinian II, as his colleague. ...

Gennevilliers

(Encyclopedia)Gennevilliers zhĕnvēyāˈ [key], town, Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the right bank of ...

Fertile Crescent

(Encyclopedia)Fertile Crescent, historic region of the Middle East. A well-watered and fertile area, it arcs across the northern part of the Syrian desert. It is flanked on the west by the Mediterranean and on the ...

Juttah

(Encyclopedia)Juttah jŭtˈə [key], in the Bible, city, S ancient Palestine, the present-day Yattah, the West Bank, S of Hebron. ...

Qantarah esh Sharqiya

(Encyclopedia)Qantarah esh Sharqiya känˈtärä ĕsh shärkēˈyä [key], town, NE Egypt, on the east bank of the Suez Canal. It is on the ancient military road between Egypt and Syria. Qantarah esh Sharqiya is th...

De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron

(Encyclopedia)De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron dĕlˈəwər [key], 1577–1618, English colonial governor of Virginia. He saw fighting in the Netherlands and was knighted when serving in Ireland. He succeeded to...

Kiriath-arba

(Encyclopedia)Kiriath-arba kĭˈrēăth-ärbə [key], see Hebron, West Bank. ...

Kirjath-arba

(Encyclopedia)Kirjath-arba kûrˈjăth-ärbə [key], see Hebron, West Bank. ...

Palestine Liberation Organization

(Encyclopedia)Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), coordinating council for Palestinian organizations, founded (1964) by Egypt and the Arab League and initially controlled by Egypt. Composed of various guerrill...