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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...

Sharm el Sheikh

(Encyclopedia)Sharm el Sheikh or Sharm ash Shaykh: see Sinai. ...

Shatt el Arab

(Encyclopedia)Shatt el Arab: see Shatt al Arab. ...

Shibin el Kom

(Encyclopedia)Shibin el Kom shĭbēnˈ ĕl ko͝om [key], city (1986 pop. 132,209), capital of Munufiyah governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is an agricultural market and a cotton-processing center. ...

Bahr el Abiad

(Encyclopedia)Bahr el Abiad, river, Sudan: see White Nile. ...

Bahr el Azraq

(Encyclopedia)Bahr el Azraq, river, Sudan: see Blue Nile. ...

Bahr-el-Ghazal

(Encyclopedia)Bahr-el-Ghazal bär-ĕl-gäzälˈ [key], region, NW South Sudan, divided into Western Bahr-el-Ghazal, Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal, Warrab, and Lakes states. The region takes its name from a river that flo...

Bahr el-Huleh

(Encyclopedia)Bahr el-Huleh: see Hula, Lake.

Bahr el Jebel

(Encyclopedia)Bahr el Jebel bäˈhər ĕl jĕbˈĕl [key], river, 594 mi (956 km) long, section of the White Nile, central South Sudan, Africa. The name is usually used for the White Nile between Nimule, where it e...