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Vienne, town, France

(Encyclopedia)Vienne, town (1990 pop. 30,386), Isère dept., SE France, on the Rhône River. It is a farm trade center with textile, metallurgical, and footwear industries. The capital of the Allobroges, Vienne (th...

Gwangju

(Encyclopedia)Gwangju or Kwangju gwängˈjo͞oˈ [key], city, metropolitan city located in but independent of South Jeolla ...

Boğazköy

(Encyclopedia)Boğazköy or Boghazkeui bōäzˈköy [key], village, N central Turkey. Boğazköy (or Hattusas as it was called) was the chief center of the Hittite empire (1400–1200 b.c.), which was consolidated ...

Moriah, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Moriah, Mount, biblical name of the hill of E Jerusalem. According to Second Chronicles it was the site of Solomon's temple. ...

Henadad

(Encyclopedia)Henadad hĕnˈədăd [key], in the Bible, chief of a family active in rebuilding the Temple. ...

Louis XVI, king of France

(Encyclopedia)Louis XVI, 1754–93, king of France (1774–92), third son of the dauphin (Louis) and Marie Josèphe of Saxony, grandson and successor of King Louis XV. In 1770 he married the Austrian archduchess Ma...

Palladium, in Greek religion

(Encyclopedia)Palladium pəlāˈdēəm [key], in Greek religion, sacred image kept in the temple of Athena at Troy. It was either an image of Athena or an image made by Athena of her unfortunate playmate Pallas (se...

Shemiramoth

(Encyclopedia)Shemiramoth shēmĭrˈəmŏthˌ [key], in the Bible. 1 Temple musician. 2 Teacher of the Law. ...

Unni

(Encyclopedia)Unni ŭnˈī [key]. 1 Temple musician. 2 Family in the return of Zerubbabel. ...

Azaziah

(Encyclopedia)Azaziah ăzˌəzīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Musician. 2 Overseer of the Temple. ...