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Ladislas

(Encyclopedia)Ladislas. For rulers thus named, use Ladislaus; Lancelot; Uladislaus.

Collingdale

(Encyclopedia)Collingdale, borough (2020 pop. 8,820), Delaware co., SE Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia; inc. 1891.

Cranbrook

(Encyclopedia)Cranbrook, city, SE British Columbia, Canada. It is a lumbering, tourism, and lead-zinc mining center.

Harpy, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Harpy, in Greek mythology, winged women with sharp claws who snatched food, objects, or people.

Zalmon

(Encyclopedia)Zalmon, in the Bible, probably the place referred to in Ps. 68.14 as Salmon.

Zin

(Encyclopedia)Zin, in the Bible, wilderness through which the Israelites wandered, SW of the Dead Sea.

Russell, Charles Taze

(Encyclopedia)Russell, Charles Taze, 1852–1916, founder of the movement whose followers are known as Russellites, as Bible Students, and (since 1931) as Jehovah's Witnesses, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. There he predicted ...

Bar Kokba, Simon

(Encyclopedia)Bar Kokba, Simon, or Simon Bar Cochba kōkˈbə [key] [Heb.,=son of the star], d. a.d. 135, Hebrew hero and leader of a major revolt against Rome under Hadrian (132–135). He may have claimed to be a...

Clarence, Lionel, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Clarence, Lionel, duke of, 1338–68, third son of Edward III of England. His marriage (1352) to Elizabeth de Burgh gained him the title and lands of the earl of Ulster. Governor of Ireland from 1361 ...

De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas

(Encyclopedia)De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas də lä bāsh, dĕləbĕshˈ [key], 1796–1855, English geologist. As a result of his private undertaking to prepare a geological map of England, the British government ...