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(Encyclopedia) El-paran ĕlpāˈrăn [key], the same as Paran. ...

(Encyclopedia) El Cerrito ĕl sərēˈtō [key], city (2020 pop. 25,310), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San ...

(Encyclopedia) El Tajín ĕl tähēnˈ [key], ruins, Veracruz state, E central Mexico, representing the remains of a pre-Columbian city-state that flourished in a.d. 100–1200. The site was associated with an ethni...

(Encyclopedia) Migdal-el mĭgˈdəl-ĕl [key], fortified town, N ancient Palestine. It is believed to be identical with the biblical Magdala. ...

(Encyclopedia) El Centro ĕl sĕnˈtrō [key], city (2020 pop. 44,322), seat of Imperial co., SE Calif., near the ...

(Encyclopedia) Greco, El ĕl grĕkˈō [key], c.1541–1614, Greek painter in Spain, b. Candia (Iráklion), Crete. His real name was Domenicos Theotocopoulos, of which several Italian and Spanish versions are curren...

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 El Salvador ĕl sälväᵺōrˈ [key], officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2021 est. pop. ...

(Encyclopedia) El Cordobés ĕl kōrdōvāsˈ [key], 1936?–, Spanish bullfighter, b. Manuel Benítez Pérez. The predominant matador of the 1960s, he brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style to the rin...

(Encyclopedia) El Segundo ĕl sēgŭnˈdō [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 16,504), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on ...

(Encyclopedia) Tell el Amarna or Tel el Amarna both: tĕl ĕl ämärˈnä [key], ancient locality, Egypt, near the Nile and c.60 mi (100 km) N of Asyut. Ikhnaton's capital, Akhetaton, was in Tell el Amarna. About 40...