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This is the desktop dictionary for geographic reference. It is designed to be easily comprehensible. It includes color maps of Japan and detailed maps of major Japanese cities; Tokyo, Kyoto-shi, Nara-shi, Osaka-shi, and Nagoya-shi. The index for hard-to-read place names is included at the back of the dictionary.
Japanese map symbols; List of symbols (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing, Yandex) Children's list from the GSI (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing, Yandex) This is a very good reference, it has separate links for each symbol. Map Symbols (2002) from the GSI (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing, Yandex)
Online translations of the Gospel of Mark. Bible Gateway: 94 languages/219 versions; Bible Hub: 43 languages/101 versions; Wikisource: 1 language/23 versions; oremus Bible Browser: 1 language/3 versions; Bible: Mark public domain audiobook at LibriVox: 1 language/8 versions; Related articles. Early Christian Writings: On-line scholarly resources
Calah/Kalhu/Nimrud – Assyrian city; Calneh – Assyrian city; Cana – Galilee; Canaan – Region on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean; Capernaum; Cappadocia – Region in Asia Minor; Carchemish – Assyrian city; Caria – Nation in Asia Minor; Cenchrea; Chaldea – Mesopotamian state, eventually encompassing Babylonia; Chezib of Judah ...
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
The New Japanese Bible, published by the Organization for the New Japanese Bible Translation (新日本聖書刊行会) and distributed by Inochinokotoba-sha (いのちのことば社), aims to be a literal translation using modern Japanese, while the New Interconfessional Version, published by the Japan Bible Society, aims to be ecumenically ...
The US has a basic 1:50,000 coverage for practically all of Japan and 1:25,000 coverage for about a quarter of Japan. These maps, however, do not show the major transformation of man-made features which have taken place in Japan since 1941. Because of this, native Japanese maps are obsolete and their basic reliability is decreased.
A city (市, shi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as towns (町, machi) and villages (村, mura), with the difference that they are not a component of districts (郡, gun). Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of 1947. [1] [2]