Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Thothmes

(Encyclopedia)Thothmes. For ancient Egyptian kings thus named, use Thutmose.

Wadi Halfa

(Encyclopedia)Wadi Halfa wäˈdē hălˈfə [key], town, N Sudan, on Lake Nubia (Lake Nasser). It is the terminus of a railroad from Khartoum and is the point at which cotton, wheat, livestock, and other goods are ...

tung oil

(Encyclopedia)tung oil, oil obtained from the seeds of a tropical tree, the tung tree (Aleurites fordii) of the spurge family, and from seeds of some related species, all from Indomalesia or W Pacifica. It is known...

Kurdufan

(Encyclopedia)Kurdufan kôrˌdəfănˈ [key], region (1983 pop. 3,093,294), S central Sudan. Kurdufan is divided into Northern and Southern Kurdufan states. Its terrain, generally level in the north, rises in the s...

Mahdi

(Encyclopedia)Mahdi mäˈdē [key] [Arab.,=he who is divinely guided], in Sunni Islam, the restorer of the faith. He will appear at the end of time to restore justice on earth and establish universal Islam. The Mah...

Genubath

(Encyclopedia)Genubath gēnyo͞oˈbăth [key], in the Bible, son of the exile Hadad and an Egyptian princess. He was reared with Pharaoh's sons. ...

symbol

(Encyclopedia)symbol, sign representing something that has an independent existence. The most important use of symbols is in language. To say so, however, does not solve the perennial philosophical questions as to ...

Rameses

(Encyclopedia)Rameses or Ramesses. 1 For ancient Egyptian kings thus named, use Ramses. 2 For Ramses in the Bible, see Raamses. ...

eider, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)eider: see duck.

diet, in nutrition

(Encyclopedia)diet, food and drink regularly consumed for nourishment. Nutritionists generally recommend eating a wide variety of foods; however, some groups of people survive on a very limited diet. The traditiona...