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Viminal

(Encyclopedia) Viminal, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome.

Aventine

(Encyclopedia) Aventine, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome.

Anab

(Encyclopedia) AnabAnabāˈnăb [key], in the Bible, hill town, SW ancient Palestine.

Gaash

(Encyclopedia) GaashGaashgāˈăsh [key], in the Bible, hill in Mt. Ephraim. There Joshua was buried.

Arab

(Encyclopedia) ArabArabāˈrăb [key], in the Bible, hill town of S ancient Palestine, near Hebron.

Hillsboro

(Encyclopedia) Hillsboro. <1> City (2020 pop. 6481), seat of Highland co., SW Oh.; founded 1807. It was long a center of bell making and is known…

Tara

(Encyclopedia) TaraTaratârˈə [key], village, Co. Meath, E Republic of Ireland. The Hill of Tara (507 ft/155 m high) was the seat of the high kings of Ireland from ancient times until the 6th cent.…

Zion, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) ZionZionzīˈən [key] or SionZionsīˈən [key], section of Jerusalem, defined in the Bible as the City of David. Originally the name referred to the Jebusite fortress conquered by David,…

Somerville

(Encyclopedia) Somerville. 1 City (1990 pop. 76,210), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, set off from Charlestown 1842, inc. as…

Esquiline

(Encyclopedia) Esquiline, hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome.