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Charles Mound

(Encyclopedia)Charles Mound, hill, an ancient burial mound 1,241 ft (378 m) high, NW Ill., near the Wis. line; highest point in the state.

World's View

(Encyclopedia)World's View, Zimbabwe: see Malindidzimu Hill. ...

Beatty, Warren

(Encyclopedia)Beatty, Warren (Henry Warren Beaty) bāˈtē, bēˈ– [key], 1937–, motion picture act...

Ammah

(Encyclopedia)Ammah āmˈə [key], in the Bible, hill near Gibeon. ...

Aventine

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

Caelian

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

Viminal

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

Lomax, John Avery

(Encyclopedia)Lomax, John Avery lōˈmăks [key], 1867–1948, American folklorist, b. Goodman, Miss. Lomax's first book, Cowboy Songs (1910), contained for the first time in print such songs as “The Old Chisholm...

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