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Caelian

(Encyclopedia) Caelian, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome.

Viminal

(Encyclopedia) Viminal, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome.

Anab

(Encyclopedia) AnabAnabāˈnăb [key], in the Bible, hill town, SW ancient Palestine.

Arab

(Encyclopedia) ArabArabāˈrăb [key], in the Bible, hill town of S ancient Palestine, near Hebron.

Gaash

(Encyclopedia) GaashGaashgāˈăsh [key], in the Bible, hill in Mt. Ephraim. There Joshua was buried.

Somerville

(Encyclopedia) Somerville. 1 City (1990 pop. 76,210), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, set off from Charlestown 1842, inc. as…

Tara

(Encyclopedia) TaraTaratârˈə [key], village, Co. Meath, E Republic of Ireland. The Hill of Tara (507 ft/155 m high) was the seat of the high kings of Ireland from ancient times until the 6th cent.…

Hillsboro

(Encyclopedia) Hillsboro. <1> City (2020 pop. 6481), seat of Highland co., SW Oh.; founded 1807. It was long a center of bell making and is known…

Zion, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) ZionZionzīˈən [key] or SionZionsīˈən [key], section of Jerusalem, defined in the Bible as the City of David. Originally the name referred to the Jebusite fortress conquered by David,…

Edwards, Sir Robert Geoffrey

(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Sir Robert Geoffrey, 1925–2013, British physiologist, Ph.D. Edinburgh Univ., 1955. In 1963 he became a research fellow at Cambridge. He was associated with the university…