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Chorazin

(Encyclopedia) ChorazinChorazinkōrāˈzĭn [key], city NW of the Sea of Galilee, denounced by Jesus in the New Testament.

Kirjath-huzoth

(Encyclopedia) Kirjath-huzothKirjath-huzothkûrˈjăth-hy&oomacr;ˈzŏth [key], unidentified place E of the Dead Sea. Num. 22.39.

Arnon

(Encyclopedia) ArnonArnonärˈnŏn [key], river of Jordan, entering the east side of the Dead Sea, called today Wadi Mojib.

Baal-zephon

(Encyclopedia) Baal-zephonBaal-zephonbāˈəl-zēˈfŏn [key], in the Bible, place near the Israelites' crossing of the Red Sea.

Masefield, John

(Encyclopedia) Masefield, JohnMasefield, Johnmās– [key], 1878–1967, English poet. He went to sea as a youth and later spent several years in the United States. In 1897 he returned to England and was…

Kuban

(Encyclopedia) KubanKubank&oomacr;bănˈ, –bänˈ, Rus. k&oomacr;bäˈnyə [key], river, c.570 mi (920 km) long, rising in the Greater Caucasus on the western slopes of Mt. Elbrus, S European Russia…

Murmansk

(Encyclopedia) MurmanskMurmanskm&oobreve;rmänskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 468,000), capital of Murmansk region, NW European Russia, on the Kola Gulf of the Barents Sea. It is the terminus of the…

Bosporus

(Encyclopedia) BosporusBosporusbŏsˈpərəs [key] or BosphorusBosphorus–pərəs [key] [Gr.,=ox ford, in reference to the story of Io], Turk. Boğaziçi, strait, c.20 mi (30 km) long and c.2,100 ft (640 m)…

Hamada

(Encyclopedia) Hamada Hamada hämäˈdä [key], city, Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Japan Sea. It is…

Jeshimon

(Encyclopedia) JeshimonJeshimonjĕshˈĭmŏn [key], in the Bible, desert, the Wilderness of Judah, between the hill country and the Dead Sea.