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Ebal, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Ebal, MountEbal, Mountēˈbəl [key], Arabic Jabal Aybal, 3,084 ft (940 m) high, in the Samarian hills, West Bank. On Ebal, according to the Bible, the curses due for the violations of…

Himyaritic

(Encyclopedia) HimyariticHimyaritichĭmˌyərĭtˈĭk [key], another name for Old South Arabian. See Arabic languages; Afroasiatic languages.

Paul of Aegina

(Encyclopedia) Paul of AeginaPaul of Aeginaējīˈnə [key], 7th cent.?, Greek physician. His only extant work is a medical history in seven books; it was translated into English, with a commentary by…

Firuzabad

(Encyclopedia) Firuzabad Firuzabad fĭr&oomacr;ˈzəbädˌ [key], town, Fars prov., S Iran, near Shiraz. The town has a…

Kayes

(Encyclopedia) KayesKayeskāz [key], town (1993 est. pop. 50,000), W Mali, a port on the Senegal River. It is the administrative and commercial center for a region where peanuts and gum arabic are…

Dunash ben Labrat

(Encyclopedia) Dunash ben LabratDunash ben Labratd&oomacr;ˈnäsh bĕn läˈbrät [key], 920–90, Hebrew grammarian and poet, b. Fès. He was also called Rabbi Adonim Halevy (ha-Levi). He wrote an…

Afroasiatic languages

(Encyclopedia) Afroasiatic languagesAfroasiatic languagesăfˌrōāˌzhēătˈĭk, formerly Hamito-Semitic languagesHamito-Semitic languageshămˈĭtō-səmĭtˈĭk, family of languages spoken by more than 250…

Yaqut al-Hamawi

(Encyclopedia) Yaqut al-HamawiYaqut al-Hamawiyäk&oomacr;tˈ äl-hämäwēˈ [key], 1179–1229, Arab geographer. Born in Byzantium, he was bought as a slave by a merchant, al-Hamawi. He was freed on the…

Bidpai

(Encyclopedia) Bidpai or BidpayBidpayboth: bĭdˈpī [key], supposed name of the author of the fables of the Panchatantra. The name first appears in an Arabic version of these fables—hence they are…

Louga

(Encyclopedia) LougaLougal&oomacr;ˈgä [key], town (1988 pop. 52,763), W Senegal. Located in a region where peanuts, cassava, and gum arabic are produced, the town manufactures peanut oil and…