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(Encyclopedia) Darjeeling or Darjiling both: därjēlˈĭng [key], town, West Bengal state, NE India, ne...

(Encyclopedia) Fiesole fyāˈzōlā [key], town, Tuscany, central Italy. The villas and gardens of this tour...

(Encyclopedia) Beatty, Warren (Henry Warren Beaty) bāˈtē, bēˈ– [key], 1937–, motion picture act...

(Encyclopedia) Capitol, in Rome: see Capitoline Hill. ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles Mound, hill, an ancient burial mound 1,241 ft (378 m) high, NW Ill., near the Wis. line; highest point in the state.

(Encyclopedia) World's View, Zimbabwe: see Malindidzimu Hill. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tirumala, sacred hill, India: see Tirupati. ...

(Encyclopedia) Murray, John, 2d marquess and 1st duke of Atholl ăthˈəl [key], 1660–1724, Scottish nobleman; son of the 2d earl and 1st marquess. A supporter of William III, he held high government posts in Scot...

(Encyclopedia) Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl of ălˈbəmärl [key], 1669–1718, Dutch adherent and constant companion of William III of England. He accompanied the future king to England (1688) and ...

(Encyclopedia) Kerch kyĕrch [key], city (1989 pop. 174,000), E Crimea. It lies on the Kerch Strait of the Black Sea and at the eastern end of the Kerch Peninsula, a strip of land between the Sea of Azov and the Bla...