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(Encyclopedia) Abinadab əbĭnˈədăb [key], in the Bible. 1 Second son of Jesse. 2 Son of King Saul, killed at the battle of Mt. Gilboa. 3 Man in whose house the ark remained for 20 years. 4 Father of one of Solom...

(Encyclopedia) Graciosa gräsēôˈzə [key], island, 24 sq mi (62 sq km), Angra do Heroísmo dist., in the ...

(Encyclopedia) Gudenå go͞oˈᵺənôˌ [key], river, 98 mi (158 km) long, E Jutland, Denmark. The only Danish river of importance, it flows generally north, traversing several lakes, past Silkeborg, then NE past R...

(Encyclopedia) Gabrovo gäbrôˈvô [key], town, N central Bulgaria, in the foothills of the Balkan Mts. It is ...

(Encyclopedia) Minorca mĭnôrˈkə [key], Span. Menorca, Spanish island (1991 pop. 65,109), 271 sq mi (702 km), Baleares prov., in the W Mediterranean Sea, the second largest of the Balearic Islands. Port Mahón is...

(Encyclopedia) Babangida, Ibrahim ēbräˈhēm bäbänˈgēdä [key], 1941–, Nigerian military and political leader. After graduating (1963) from Nigeria's military college, he joined the army and received further...

(Encyclopedia) Paulson, Henry Merritt, Jr., 1946–, U.S. investment banker and government official, b. Palm Beach, Fla., grad. Harvard (M.B.A., 1970). After working as an assistant to the comptroller at the Pentago...

(Encyclopedia) Peace, river, 945 mi (1,521 km) long, formed by the junction of the Finlay and Parsnip rivers at Williston Lake, N central British Columbia, Canada. It flows east through the Rocky Mts., then generall...

(Encyclopedia) Meshullam mĕshŭlˈəm [key], in the Bible. 1 Ancestor of Shaphan. 2 Son of Zerubbabel. 3 See Meshelemiah. 4 See Shallum (4) and (7.) 5 Father-in-law of Johanan (10.) 6 Repairer of the wall. 7 Assist...

(Encyclopedia) Nitze, Paul Henry nĭtˈsə [key], 1907–2004, American public official, b. Amherst, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1927. After working in investment banking, he entered government service in 1940 and served ...