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city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and proce...
(h s l ´t ) (KEY) , 1895–1920, Spanish matador, b. Seville as José Gómez. A prodigy, he appeared first as a torero in 1908 and later toured Spain...
(j ´ t) (KEY) , 1787–1827, American painter, b. Mercer co., Ky., studied in Boston with Gilbert Stuart. He was the first prominent painter in the W...
(j ´d ) (KEY) . 1 In the Bible he is the fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. In the Book of Ge...
(j ´n gäd´´) (KEY) or Junagarh (–gär´´) (KEY) , former principality, Kathiawar peninsula, W India, on the Arabian Sea. The region of Junagad...
Saint Judas [Jude is an English form to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot], in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles, also called Thaddaeus....