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Gweru

(Encyclopedia)Gweru gwāˈlō [key], city, central Zimbabwe. Founded in 1894, it is an industrial, mining, ...

Hegai

(Encyclopedia)Hegai hēˈgē [key], in the Bible, chamberlain of Ahasuerus. ...

Kadesh, oasis, ancient Palestine

(Encyclopedia)Kadesh –bärnēˈə [key], oasis in the desert S of ancient Palestine, mentioned frequently in the Bible, notably as a limit of Edom. Another biblical name is En-mishpat. ...

Kanarese

(Encyclopedia)Kanarese käˈnədə [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. ...

Kannada

(Encyclopedia)Kannada känərēzˈ [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. ...

Kelaiah

(Encyclopedia)Kelaiah kēlīˈtə [key], in the Bible, Levite active in the return to Palestine. There are two occurrences of the name, which could refer to different persons. ...

Beta Persei

(Encyclopedia)Beta Persei pûrˈsēīˌ [key]: see Algol. ...

Mbandaka

(Encyclopedia)Mbandaka kôkēyävēlˈ [key], city (1984 pop. 137,291), capital of Équateur prov., W Congo (Kinshasa), a port on the Congo River. It is a commercial and transportation center and has tanning and fi...

Michmas

(Encyclopedia)Michmas –măsh [key], town, c.8 mi (12.9 km) NE of Jerusalem. It is identified with modern Mukhmas (West Bank). In the Bible, it was a bivouac of Jonathan in his Philistine wars. ...

Mulhacén

(Encyclopedia)Mulhacén mo͞olāˈ-äthānˈ [key], peak, 11,411 ft (3,478 m) high, Granada prov., Spain; highest point of the Sierra Nevada and of Spain. ...