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

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

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

(Encyclopedia) Kirjath-huzoth kûrˈjăth-hyo͞oˈzŏth [key], unidentified place E of the Dead Sea. Num. 22.39. ...

(Encyclopedia) Maaleh-acrabbim māˈəlē-ăkrăbˈĭm [key], in the Bible, pass, S of the Dead Sea, called also “the ascent of Akrabbim.” ...

(Encyclopedia) Remeth rēˈməth [key], in the Bible, town of Issachar, near the Sea of Galilee. Alternate forms are Jarmuth and Ramoth. ...

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

(Encyclopedia) Spartivento, Cape spärtēvĕnˈtō [key], southeastern extremity of the “toe” of Italy, in Calabria, extending into the Ionian Sea. ...

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

(Encyclopedia) Murmansk mo͝ormänskˈ [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 Northeast Passage and the world'...