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Bahia
Bahia , state (1991 pop. 11,867,991), 216,612 sq mi (559,921 sq km), E Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Salvador (also called Bahia) is the capital. ... Read more
Bobbio
Bobbio , town, in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy. It is a commercial center and a summer resort. St. Columban founded a monastery there in 612, and during the 9th-12th cent. it was a center of European cultural life. The monastery later declined, and the invaluable manuscripts of its great librar... Read more
Piqua
Piqua , city (1990 pop. 20,612), Miami co., W Ohio, on the Miami River; settled 1797, chartered 1929. It is an industrial city with diverse manufactures, including airplane and automobile parts, steel and iron, paper, aluminum, wood, and metal products. Of special interest is a historical area just ... Read more
Macon
Macon , city (1990 pop. 106,612), seat of Bibb co., central Ga., at the head of navigation on the Ocmulgee River; inc. 1823. It is the industrial, processing, and shipping center for a farm area that produces cotton, peanuts, soybeans, poultry, and dairy products. Chemicals and wood and metal produc... Read more
Media
Media , ancient country of W Asia whose actual boundaries cannot be defined, occupying generally what is now W Iran and S Azerbaijan. It extended from the Caspian Sea to the Zagros Mts. The Medes were an Indo-European people who spoke an Iranian language closely akin to old Persian. Some scholars cl... Read more
Nahum
Nahum , 7th of the books of the Minor Prophets of the Bible. It contains oracles of doom against Nineveh, capital of the Assyrian Empire, delivered by one Nahum of Elkosh, who is otherwise unknown. The book can be divided into two sections: an acrostic announcing the coming of divine vengeance on Ni... Read more
Saint Columban
Saint Columban , c.540-615, Irish missionary to the continent of Europe, also called Columbanus. He was trained in the abbey at Bangor. He and 12 companions, including St. Gall, sailed to France (c.585), where they set out to eradicate the general impiety that had grown up under the successors of Cl... Read more
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh , in Babylonian legend, king of Uruk . He is the hero of the Gilgamesh epic, a work of some 3,000 lines, written on 12 tablets c.2000 BC and discovered among the ruins at Nineveh. The epic was lost when the the library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal was destroyed in 612 BC The library'... Read more
Harsha
Harsha , b. c.590, Indian emperor (606-47). He became (606) king of a small state in the upper Ganges Valley, and by 612 he had built up a vast army with which he forged nearly all India N of the Narmada River into an empire. An extremely able military leader, his only defeat was at the hands of the... Read more
Nineveh
Nineveh , ancient city, capital of the Assyrian Empire, on the Tigris River opposite the site of modern Mosul, Iraq. A shaft dug at Nineveh has yielded a pottery sequence that can be equated with the earliest cultural development in N Mesopotamia. The old capital, Assur, was replaced by Calah, which... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "612"

Minneapolis: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...Northeast Broadway, Minneapolis, MN 55413-2398; telephone (612)668-0000. Colleges and Universities The University of Minnesota...Library, 250 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55401; telephone (612)630-6000; fax (612)630-6210
Uruguay
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...southwest Land boundaries: 1,564 kilometers (972 miles) total boundary length; Brazil 985 kilometers (612 miles); Argentina 579 kilometers (612 miles) Coastline: 660 kilometers (410 miles) Territorial sea limits: 22 kilometers (12 nautical...
Cyaxares
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...well as with the Scythians, who were former enemies, besieged Nineveh, occupying and pillaging the city in 612. Fighting continued (612-605) in N Mesopotamia and ended in the defeat of the Assyrians, with Cyaxares claiming Assyria proper as...
Hubble Space Telescope
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...purpose orbiting observatory. Orbiting approximately 380 mi (612 km) above Earth, the 12.5-ton Hubble Space Telescope...the Hubble Space Telescope into an orbit approximately 380 mi (612 km) above Earth. The way astronomers see the universe was about...
Brazil
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Brazil area: 8,511,970sq km (3,286,472sq mi) population: 169,543,612 capital (population): Brasília (2,043,169) government: Federal republic ethnic groups: White 53%, Mulatto...
Nineveh
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...under Sennacherib (r.704–681 bc). The city walls were more than 12km (7.5mi) long, and contained gardens irrigated by canals. Nineveh was sacked by the Medes in 612 bc, but continued to be occupied until the Middle Ages.
Assyria
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...their peak. The luxuriance of Ashurbanipal's court at Nineveh was legendary and, combined with the cost of maintaining his huge armies, fatally weakened the Empire. The capture of Nineveh in 612 bc marked the terminal decline of Assyria.
Valencia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...agricultural, industrial and communications centre. Tourists are drawn by the city's many fine buildings. Industries: electrical equipment, chemicals, textiles, shipbuilding, vehicles, machinery, fruit, wine. Pop. (2001) 746,612.
Christianity
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...390–461) evangelized Ireland, Ninian (c.360–c.432) the Picts of Galloway, and Kentigern (d. 612) Strathclyde; Illtud (d. c.540) and David (c.530–c.589) worked in Wales, but had little wish to convert...
San Diego Old Globe Theatre
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...with a strong resident company headed by Noel and Jack O'Brien . Today the company performs in the replica as well as in the 612‐seat outdoor Lowell Davies Theatre and the 225‐seat Cassius Carter Centre Stage. The repertory is large...

Dictionary entries related to "612"

Whitby, Synod of
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...Christians had followed the Celtic method of fixing the date while those of the south had adopted the Roman system. King Oswy (612–70) of Northumbria decided in favour of Rome, and England as a result effectively severed the connection with the...
Medes
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Medes A people who rose to power in the Near East, and captured Nineveh in 612 BCE, but were conquered by Cyrus and became part of the Persian Empire in 549 BCE. During the Exile they were expected by Jeremiah...
Assyria
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...unexpectedly withdrew. In the late 7th cent. Assyria collapsed and Medes and Chaldeans expelled Assyrians from Babylonia. Nineveh was captured in 612 BCE (cf. Nahum 3: 7). This gave a measure of space to Judah for Josiah's reforms.
Nineveh
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...during the reign of Sennacherib (704–681 BC) until it was destroyed by a coalition of Babylonians and Medes in 612 BC. A famous archaeological site, it was first excavated by the French in 1820 and later by the British; it is noted for its...
Christianity
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...390–461) evangelized Ireland, Ninian ( c. 360– c. 432) the Picts of Galloway, and Kentigern (d. 612) Strathclyde; Illtud (d. c. 540) and David ( c. 530– c. 589) worked in Wales, Columba settled in Iona...
Bobbio
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Bobbio. A small town in the Apennines, once the seat of an abbey founded in 612 by St Columbanus . Its celebrated collection of early MSS included the ‘Bobbio Missal’ (now in Paris), an important collection of liturgical texts dating from the 8th cent.
Strength
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary 612. Strength (See also .) acorn heraldic symbol of strength. [Heraldry: Jobes, 27] Atlas Titan condemned to bear heavens on...
Hermann, Imre (1889-1984)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...Hermann Imre munk á ss á ga. In Hermann Imre "Az ember õ si ö szt ö nei" (p. 586-612). Budapest: Magvet õ . Vik á r, Gy ö rgy. (1985). Obituary. Imre Hermann, 1889-1984. International...
Nahum, book of
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Minor Prophets, except that he was born in Elkosh; but the single theme—the fall of the Assyrian capital Nineveh (612 BCE)—permits an approximate date. The prophet is exulting about the impending doom of the empire which more than...
Firsts
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Fr. Hist.: NCE , 1821] Oberlin College first college to admit Negroes and to give women degrees. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 612] Robinson, Jackie (1919 – 1972) professional American baseball player; first Negro to play in the major leagues...

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612-BURGERS.(VITA.MN)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/12/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...a plate ($7). (3118 W. Lake St., 612-920-7777, www.trygs.com) Bulldog...laced mustard. (401 E. Hennepin Av., 612-378-2855, www.thebulldogmpls.com...brewed 1919 Root Beer. (810 W. Lake St., 612-825-3737, bryantlakebowl.com) La...
No consensus in area code plans; 5 main proposals emerge to solve 612 zone problem.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/7/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...on a plan to bring a new area code to the 612 zone. "The recommendations are all over...service providers. Without action, the 612 zone will run out of numbers by next July...metro area like a doughnut, one with the 612 code in the core area, the other with the...
612 leader: Biggest change is weight distribution.(News)(Ferrari 612 Scaglietti )(Interview)
Magazine article from: Automotive News; 3/22/2004; 700+ words ; ...cars. That includes the just-launched 612 Scaglietti. Manfredini talked to Staff...Mark Rechtin about the newest Ferrari. The 612 Scaglietti replaces the 456GT four-seater...wanted for the next-generation car. Is the 612 better than the 575? Maybe. It's only...
Minnesota Telecommunications Industry Says New Area Code May Be Needed in Twin Cities 612 Region as Early as Mid-1998
PR Newswire; 6/6/1997; 700+ words ; ...numbers in the region served by Minnesota's 612 area code is expected to exhaust the supply...problem in a series of meetings. When the 612 area code was split into two parts last...exhausting the numbers available in the 612 region. The telecommunications industry...
PUC votes to split west suburbs into 2 new area codes; Plan, if approved, lets Minneapolis keep 612.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/23/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...allow the city of Minneapolis to keep its 612 area code and to divide the city's western...while allowing western suburbs to retain the 612 code that for years covered a large area...urging the PUC to allow the city to keep the 612 code, and several council members took...
Ferrari 612 is coming.(AUTO WEEKEND)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/31/2003; 641 words ; ...Detroit in January will undoubtedly be the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. The Pininfarina design of the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti is a development of the styling of...liter V-12 engine, hence the indication 612. Scaglietti is the name of coachbuilder Sergio...
GETTING Big; But don't worry, the 612 is a real Ferrari.
Magazine article from: AutoWeek; 4/26/2004; 700+ words ; ...pany's latest creation for the road, the 612 Scaglietti, newest in a long line of classic...The Pininfarina design studios penned the 612 Scaglietti, named for Sergio Scagli- etti...Ferrari's aluminum for the 360 line and the 612, 17 bodies and frames a day. The 612...
A BOlt from the blue; Ferrari's 612 is its most stylish car yet.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 2/29/2004; 700+ words ; ...but aggressively purposeful new Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, with its distinctive box...essential part of the Ferrari line-up. The 612 replaces the ten-year-old 456, and...still weighs in at a tubby 1,840kg. The 612 looks more stylish than the discreetly curvaceous...
FERRARI REVEALS 612 SCAGLIETTI; Big coupe arrives just in time to celebrate 50 years of Ferrari in America.(News)
Magazine article from: AutoWeek; 10/27/2003; 700+ words ; ...model when Ferrari introduces its all-new 612 Scaglietti at the North American International...entering the anniversary year with the new 612 Scaglietti in Detroit, a tribute to America...Ferraris here), inspired the styling of the 612 Scaglietti. Film director Roberto Rossellini...
612; Breaking the area code Faced with creating a new phone area code for the Twin Cities as early as next summer, state regulators are opening the matter to public debate. Officials ponder where to draw line.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 7/6/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...and should not get to keep the familiar 612. On Wednesday and Thursday the Minnesota...of central Minnesota was split off from 612 into its own 320 area code. The number...called doughnut method, which would reserve 612 for Minneapolis, St. Paul and first...