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(k ´´k ´´j r ´ sh ´) (KEY) , 1865–1945, Japanese career diplomat. He entered the foreign ministry after graduating from Tokyo Univ. with a deg...
( s´m s) (KEY) , narrow neck of land connecting two larger land areas. Since it commands the only land route between two large areas and is on two se...
( s´ k r) (KEY) , in the patriarchal narratives of the Bible, son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of one of the 12 tribes. The territory allotted ...
( s´ s) (KEY) , ancient town of SE Asia Minor, now in Turkey, 5 mi (8 km) NW of Dörtyol. Located near the head of a gulf (the modern Gulf of Iskende...
( sl t´ ) (KEY) , pueblo (1990 pop. 1,703), Bernalillo co., central N.Mex., on the east bank of the Rio Grande, just S of Albuquerque. It is a touris...
( s´ rl s) (KEY) , c.1525–1572, Polish rabbi, annotator, and philosopher, b. Kraków, known as Remah. He is best known for his glosses on the code ...