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EKG

(Encyclopedia) EKG: see electrocardiography.

Ekholm, Gordon Frederick

(Encyclopedia) Ekholm, Gordon FrederickEkholm, Gordon Frederickĕkˈhōlm [key], 1909–87, American archaeologist, b. St. Paul, Minn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1941. Working with the American Museum of Natural…

Ekibastuz

(Encyclopedia) Ekibastuz Ekibastuz ĕkēbäst&oobreve;sˈ [key], city, N Kazakhstan. It is the industrial center of a…

Ekimov, Alexei

(Encyclopedia) Alexei Ekimov, 1945– , b. Leningrad, USSR, Russian physicist, studied at Leningrad State University and Ioffe Institute of the…

Al Qaeda

(Encyclopedia) Al Qaeda or Al QaidaAl Qaidaäl kīˈĕdə, käˈĭdä [key] [Arab.,=the base], Sunni Islamic terrorist organization with the stated goals of uniting all Muslims and establishing a…

(Encyclopedia) EkkehardEkkehardĕkˈəhärt [key], name of several medieval German authors, monks of the monastery of St. Gall, which is in present-day Switzerland. Ekkehard I wrote the famous Latin epic…

Ekron

(Encyclopedia) EkronEkronĕkˈrŏn [key], important Philistine city, SE of Jaffa, near the sea and bordering Judah. According to accounts in the Bible, Ekron was in the hands of the Philistines when it…

Ekurhuleni

(Encyclopedia) Ekurhuleni, metropolitan municipality, Gauteng prov., NE South Africa. Ekurhuleni largely encompasses the East Rand region of Gauteng.…

Elagabalus

(Encyclopedia) Elagabalus: see Heliogabalus.

Elah

(Encyclopedia) ElahElahēˈlə [key], in the Bible. 1 King of Israel, son and successor of Baasha. He was murdered, and succeeded, by Zimri. 2 Father of Hoshea, last king of Israel. 3 Duke of Edom. 4…