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El Alto
(Encyclopedia)El Alto ĕl älˈtō [key], city, La Paz dept., W Bolivia. A burgeoning suburb of La Paz that became a city in 1988, ...El Reno
(Encyclopedia)El Reno ĕl rēˈnō [key], city (2020 pop. 16,989), seat of Canadian co., central Okla.; inc. ...Salvador, El
(Encyclopedia)Salvador, El: see El Salvador.Jadida, El
(Encyclopedia)Jadida, El: see El Jadida, Morocco. ...El Alamein
(Encyclopedia)El Alamein: see Alamein, El, Egypt. ...Faiyum, El
(Encyclopedia)Faiyum, El fīyo͞omˈ [key], region, coextensive with El Faiyum governorate, N Egypt, W of the Nile River, a depression (entirely below sea level) in the Libyan (or Western) Desert. It is an irrigat...El-paran
(Encyclopedia)El-paran ĕlpāˈrăn [key], the same as Paran. ...El Cerrito
(Encyclopedia)El Cerrito ĕl sərēˈtō [key], city (2020 pop. 25,310), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San ...El Tajín
(Encyclopedia)El Tajín ĕl tähēnˈ [key], ruins, Veracruz state, E central Mexico, representing the remains of a pre-Columbian city-state that flourished in a.d. 100–1200. The site was associated with an ethni...Migdal-el
(Encyclopedia)Migdal-el mĭgˈdəl-ĕl [key], fortified town, N ancient Palestine. It is believed to be identical with the biblical Magdala. ...Browse by Subject
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