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The Bible was translated into the Māori language in the 19th century by missionaries sponsored by the Church Missionary Society. [2] In 1826, the Rev. William Williams started work on the translation of the Bible into the Māori language. The Rev. Robert Maunsell worked with William Williams on the translation of the Bible. William Williams ...
The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
Xinomavro (Greek: Ξινόμαυρο [ksiˈno̞mavro̞], lit. 'sour black') is the principal red wine grape of the uplands of Naousa in the regional unit of Imathia, and around Amyntaio, in Macedonia, Greece.
The Wampanoag language or "Massachuset language" (Algonquian family) was the first North American Indian language into which any Bible translation was made; John Eliot began his Natick version in 1653 and finished it in 1661-63, with a revised edition in 1680-85. It was the first Bible to be printed in North America.
The Caphtorites are mentioned in the Table of Nations, Book of Genesis (Genesis 10:13–14) as one of several divisions of Mizraim (Egypt). This is reiterated in the Books of Chronicles (1 Chronicles 1:11–12) as well as later histories such as Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews i.vi.2, [4] which placed them explicitly in Egypt and the Sefer haYashar 10 which describes them living by the Nile.
According to Anishinaabeg tradition, Michilimackinac, later named by European settlers as Mackinac Island, in Michigan, was the home of Gitche Manitou, and some Anishinaabeg tribes would make pilgrimages there for rituals devoted to the spirit. [1] In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, Gitche Manitou is spelled Gitche Manito.
The islands of the Caribbean were successively settled since at least around 5000 BC, long before European arrival in 1492. The Caribbean islands were dominated by two main cultural groups by the European contact period: the Taino and the Kalinago. Individual villages of other distinct cultural groups were also present on the larger islands.
Hurricane, West Virginia: Residents pronounce it as / ˈ h ɜːr ʌ k ɪ n / (HUR-uh-kin), while non-residents pronounce it like the weather phenomenon, / ˈ h ɜːr ɪ k eɪ n / (HUR-i-cayn). [64] Long Island, New York: Residents pronounce it as / l ɔː ŋ ˈ ɡ aɪ l ə n d /, while non-residents pronounce it as / l ɔː ŋ ˈ aɪ l ə n d /.