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(Encyclopedia) Jaakobah jāˌəkōˈbə [key], in the Bible, prince of the family of Simeon. ...

(Encyclopedia) Shethar shēˈthər [key], in the Bible, prince and counselor of King Ahasuerus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Shelomi shĕlˈōmī, shēlōˈmī [key], in the Bible, father of Ahihud, a prince of Asher. ...

(Encyclopedia) Jerahmeel jēräˈmēĕl [key]. In the Bible, prince commanded by Jehoiakim to imprison Jeremiah. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dawson Creek, city, E British Columbia, Canada, near the Alta. border, on Dawson Creek and NE of Prince George. An important grain-shipping center, it i...

(Encyclopedia) Bouillon, town, Luxembourg prov., SE Belgium, in the Ardennes on the Semois River, near the French border. It is a small manufacturing and tourist cente...

(Encyclopedia) Cuza, Alexander John ko͞oˈzä [key], or Alexander John I, 1820–73, first prince of Romania (1859–66), b. Moldavia. An officer who participated in the 1848 revolution and in the political struggl...

(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich tŏlˈstoi, Rus. əlyĭksyāˈ kənstəntyēˈnəvĭch təlstoiˈ [key], 1817–75, Russian poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was a distant cousin of Leo Tolstoy. Toge...

(Encyclopedia) Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 1935–, king of Saudi Arabia (2015–), b. Riyadh. Like his predecessor, King Abdullah, he is a son—by a different wife—of Saudi Arabia's founder, Ibn Saud. Salman served a...

(Encyclopedia) Shechem shĕkˈəm, shēˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Hivite prince. 2 Manassite chief. ...