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(j ´´ z n ´ ) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 Head of a number of idolatrous priests whom Ezekiel saw in a vision. 2 Captain active in the politics of Pale...
1862–1937, American Orientalist, b. New York City. Teaching at Columbia Univ. (1895–1935), he was a great authority on ancient Persian religion, l...
(j lä´´läbäd´, j l l´ b d) (KEY) , city (1979 pop. 53,915), capital of Nangarhar prov., E Afghanistan, near the Khyber Pass. The city dominates...
( wä´ts k ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 106,462), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Edo River. It is an industrial center where textiles...
(j b´´ lpôr´) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 888,916), Madhya Pradesh state, central India, on the Narmada River. It is a district administrative center ...
1916–, American-Canadian urbanologist, b. Scranton, Pa. In the 1930s she moved to New York City, where she was (1952–64) an editor of Architectura...