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( ´l , ´l ) (KEY) , island (1985 est. pop. 3,900), 240 sq mi (622 sq km), Argyll and Bute, W central Scotland, southernmost of the Inner Hebrides. ...
( ´s p d´´) (KEY) , common name for crustaceans belonging to the order Isopoda and in the same subclass as lobsters and crayfish. Isopods are chara...
( s ´säk ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 115,938), Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. The city’s main industries include textiles, transport equip...
( smä l´) (KEY) , 1486–1524, shah of Persia (1502–24), founder of the Safavid dynasty. He restored Persia to the position of a sovereign state f...
( s´´t nb l´, stan´b l) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 6,748,435), capital of Istanbul prov., NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus at its entrance i...
( sh-b ´sh th, sh-b sh´ th) (KEY) , in the Bible, son of Saul, and his would-be successor. An alternate form is Esh-baal. For the relation between ...