ACRE — (Heb. עַכּוֹ, Acco, Akko; Ar. ﻋَﻜﺎَّ ʿAkkā; Ptolemais; St. Jean d Acre) coastal city in northern Israel situated on a promontory at the northern end of the Bay of Haifa, 14 mi. (23 km.) north of Haifa, in the Acre Coastal Plain. Ancient Acre… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ACRE — ou AKKA Ville et port de Palestine, qui apparaît dans l’Ancien Testament sous le nom de ‘Acco et au temps des Ptolémées d’Égypte sous celui de Ptolemaïs, époque où elle connut une certaine prospérité. Conquise par les Arabes en 636, elle fut… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Commercial Press — Industry Publishing Founded 1897 Headquarters Beijing, China … Wikipedia
Commercial Field — Location Albany Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11225 Opened 1906 Surface Artificial Turf Tenants Commercial High School (1906–1940) New York Brickley Giants ( … Wikipedia
Commercial Iron Works — Type Defunct (1946?) Industry Manufacturing shipbuilding Founded 1916 Headquarters Portland, Oregon, USA … Wikipedia
Commercial Building (Alexandria, Louisiana) — Commercial Building U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Commercial Historic District (Potlatch, Idaho) — Commercial Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district … Wikipedia
commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… … Universalium
Acre-foot — An acre foot is a unit of volume commonly used in the United States in reference to large scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, and river flows.DefinitionIt is defined by the volume of one acre of… … Wikipedia
Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district … Wikipedia
