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Rama, in the Ramayana

(Encyclopedia)Rama, hero: see Ramayana.

Rama, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Rama rāˈmə [key], variant of Ramah. ...

Hadar, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Hadar hāˈdär [key], variant of Hadad (1,) (3.) ...

Berea, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Berea or Beroea both: bērēˈə [key]. 1 Town near Jerusalem, mentioned in First Maccabees. It is probably identical with Beeroth (1.) 2 See Véroia, Greece. 3 See Aleppo, Syria. ...

Zara, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Zara or Zarah both: zāˈrə [key], same as Zerah (1.) ...

Benoni, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Benoni bĕnōˈnī [key]: see Benjamin. ...

Abd al-Malik

(Encyclopedia)Abd al-Malik äbˌdo͝ol-mälĭkˈ [key], c.646–705, 5th Umayyad caliph (685–705); son of Marwan I. At his accession, Islam was torn by dissension and threatened by the Byzantine Empire. With the ...

Bayard, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de

(Encyclopedia)Bayard, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de bāˈərd; pyĕr tĕrīˈyə sānyörˈ də bäyärˈ [key], c.1474–1524, French military hero, called le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche [the knight without...

Schenck, Robert Cumming

(Encyclopedia)Schenck, Robert Cumming skĕngk [key], 1809–90, American politician and diplomat, Union general in the Civil War, b. Franklin, Ohio. He studied law and practiced in Dayton. Schenck was a Whig in Con...

Whiting, William Henry Chase

(Encyclopedia)Whiting, William Henry Chase, 1825–65, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Biloxi, Miss. He served in the U.S. army until Feb., 1861, when he resigned and entered the Confederate servi...