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(Encyclopedia) Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel and the West Bank. Entir...

(Encyclopedia) Berlin bûrˌlĭnˈ, Ger. bĕrlēnˈ [key], city (2021 est. pop. 3,567,000), capital ...

(Encyclopedia) Avon, former county, SW England, bordering the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel. Created in 1974 from S Gloucestershire, Bristol, and N Somerset. it was dissolved in 1996 into four unitary autho...

(Encyclopedia) Indies: see East Indies; West Indies. ...

(Encyclopedia) Jamestown, town, port, and capital (1998 pop. 864) of Saint Helena, in the S Atlantic. Once a busy coaling station on the East India route, it lost its importance after the opening of the Suez Canal, ...

(Encyclopedia) Beracah bērāˈkə [key], in the Bible. 1 One who joined David at Ziklag. 2 Valley, N of Hebron, running roughly east-west. ...

(Encyclopedia) Coolgardie, Australia: see East Coolgardie Goldfield; Kalgoorlie. ...

(Encyclopedia) Crewe kro͞o [key], town, Cheshire East, W central England. It is an important railroad junct...

(Encyclopedia) Bexhill bĕksˈhĭlˈ [key], town, East Sussex, SE England. It is a summer resort and has a 1...

(Encyclopedia) Sasebo säsāˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 244,677), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It is a commercial and fishing port and naval base on the East China Sea. ...