Dammam, city, eastern Saudi Arabia. It lies on the Persian Gulf northwest of Bahrain Island and forms a larger metropolitan and industrial complex with Khobar, Qatif, and Dhahran. The discovery of immense oil reserves in the locality in 1938 led to the radical transformation of the once small

Dammam, city, eastern Saudi Arabia. It lies on the Persian Gulf northwest of Bahrain Island and forms a larger metropolitan and industrial complex with Khobar, Qatif, and Dhahran. The discovery of immense oil reserves in the locality in 1938 led to the radical transformation of the once small

dammar, any of a variety of hard varnish resins obtained from coniferous and hardwood trees characteristic of Southeast and East Asia. These include the conifer genus Agathis (family Araucariaceae), such flowering plants as Shorea (especially S. wiesneri) and other genera of the family

kauri pine, (Agathis australis), a resinous timber conifer of the family Araucariaceae, native to the North Island of New Zealand. The tree sometimes reaches 45 metres (150 feet) in height, with a diameter up to 7 m (23 ft). Kauri resin, obtained from this and other Agathis species, is an

Dammartin, medieval French countship, whose seat was at Dammartin-en-Goële, northwest of Meaux (in the modern département of Seine-et-Marne). Hugh, the first recorded count, built a castle in the area in the 10th century. In the 11th and 12th centuries its possessors were strong enough to oppose

Uri: …summit in Uri is the Dammastock (11,909 feet [3,630 m]), north of the Furka Pass.

dammar, any of a variety of hard varnish resins obtained from coniferous and hardwood trees characteristic of Southeast and East Asia. These include the conifer genus Agathis (family Araucariaceae), such flowering plants as Shorea (especially S. wiesneri) and other genera of the family

Arabian Desert: Animal life: …pretty, a salmon-coloured lizard, the dammūsa seeks the black beetle for food and literally dives and swims in the slipfaces of the sand dunes. An agamid lizard (ṭuḥayḥī) scurries across the sand with its tail coiled like a watch spring, uncoiling when it stops.

Tim McGraw: …albums Sundown Heaven Town and Damn Country Music were released in 2014 and 2015, respectively, and in 2017 he and Hill released a collection of duets, The Rest of Our Life. His 15th studio album, Here on Earth, appeared in 2020.

Tom Petty: Damn the Torpedoes (1979), featuring the hits “Don’t Do Me Like That” and “Refugee,” shot to number two, and, though the group’s success in the 1980s leveled off, there were several hits, including Petty’s duet with Stevie Nicks, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (1981), and…

George Abbott: … (1953), The Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), Fiorello! (1959), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962).

George Abbott: …The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees (1958). He published his autobiography, Mister Abbott, in 1963 and remained active on the New York theatrical scene into the 1990s.

Kendrick Lamar: untitled unmastered., DAMN., and additional recordings: …Lamar released another album, titled DAMN., which features the hit song “HUMBLE.” and was well received by fans and critics alike. He won Grammys for best rap album (DAMN.), best rap song, rap performance, and music video (all for “HUMBLE.”), and best rap/sung performance (“LOYALTY.”; with Rihanna). In addition, DAMN.…

ancient Rome: The succession: …the first emperor to suffer damnatio memoriae—his reign was officially stricken from the record by order of the Senate.

The Protestant Heritage: Justification by grace through faith: …the sole agent of human damnation?

Hector Berlioz: Mature career of Hector Berlioz: …works, two became internationally known: La Damnation de Faust (1846) and L’Enfance du Christ (1854). Two others began to emerge from neglect after World War I: the massive two-part drama Les Troyens (1855–58), based on Virgil’s story of Dido and Aeneas, and the short, witty comedy Béatrice et Bénédict, written…

Harold Frederic: …his New York State novels, The Damnation of Theron Ware (1896; English title Illumination), the story of the decline and fall of a Methodist minister, brought him his greatest fame. Three other novels, March Hares (1896), Gloria Mundi (1898), and The Market Place (1899), are about English life.

punk: …by British groups such as the Damned and the Sex Pistols later fueled prominent regional punk scenes in Seattle, Washington; San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys); and Los Angeles (X and Black Flag). In the late 1970s, however, punk in the United States was eclipsed by disco and went underground in…

The Wretched of the Earth, book by West Indian psychoanalyst and social philosopher Frantz Fanon, published in French as Les Damnés de la terre in 1961 and first published in English in 1963. Fanon’s text, written in 1960 during the Algerian War of Independence, addresses the history of

Clackmannanshire: …known to the Romans as Damnonii; they may have been the ancestors of the Picts who lived there afterward. Later the historic county was part of the district of Mannan, disputed land in central Scotland. Near the end of the 7th century St. Serf, who had come to the Fife…

Damocles was a courtier of Dionysius I of Syracuse, in Sicily, tyrant from 405 to 367 bce. The courtier is known to history through the legend of the “Sword of Damocles.” According to the legend, when Damocles spoke in extravagant terms of his sovereign’s happiness, Dionysius invited him to a

Damodar River, river in northeastern India, rising with its many tributaries, notably the Bokaro and Konar, in the Chota Nagpur plateau of south-central Bihar state. It follows a generally eastward course for 368 miles (592 km) through West Bengal to join the Hugli (Hooghly) River southwest of

Chota Nagpur plateau: …east, runs the coal-bearing, faulted Damodar River valley. Numerous streams have dissected the uplands into a peneplain (an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion) with isolated hills.

Burdwan: The Damodar Valley Corporation provides irrigation, industrial power supply, and flood control. Rice, corn (maize), legumes, and oilseeds are the chief crops in the east. Pop. (2001) city, 285,602; (2011) city, 314,265.

Damoh, city, central Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is situated in a plateau region about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of the Sonar River. The city’s name comes from Damayanti, the wife of King Nala of Hindu mythology. Damoh was part of the province (subah) of Malwa during the reign of the

knight: …(literally “lordling”), or varlet, or valet (German: Knappe), until he followed his patron on a campaign as his shield bearer, écuyer, or esquire, or as the bearer of his weapons (armiger). When he was adjudged proficient and the money was forthcoming for the purchase of his knightly equipment, he would…

Pericles: Background and education: …that of the musical theorist Damon, whose influence, it is said, was not just confined to music. The arrival of the Sophist philosophers in Athens occurred during his middle life, and he seems to have taken full advantage of the society of Zeno and particularly Anaxagoras, from whom he is…

Damon and Pythias, in Greek legend, a celebrated pair of friends who came to signify the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the sake of a friend. Versions of the tale differ, but the best known of these variants is that told by Cicero in De Officiis (“On Moral Duties”). When one of the two

Damon and Pythias, in Greek legend, a celebrated pair of friends who came to signify the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the sake of a friend. Versions of the tale differ, but the best known of these variants is that told by Cicero in De Officiis (“On Moral Duties”). When one of the two

Kansas City Royals: …players—such as outfielders Carlos Beltrán, Johnny Damon, and Jermaine Dye—only to trade them away before they reached their prime. That practice, combined with the financial difficulties of fielding a competitive “small-market” team in that period, resulted in the Royals’ finishing with losing records for the vast majority of those two…

Matt Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer who was noted for his clean-cut good looks and intelligent performances. He won an Academy Award for best original screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997). Damon was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended the Cambridge Rindge and

Matt Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer who was noted for his clean-cut good looks and intelligent performances. He won an Academy Award for best original screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997). Damon was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended the Cambridge Rindge and

Burt Bacharach: …arrangements for Steve Lawrence and Vic Damone and later toured with Marlene Dietrich. In the late 1950s he began his long association with David, which would produce many hits especially for singer Dionne Warwick, including “Walk On By,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” and “Do You Know the Way to…

Heimito von Doderer: …I Vienna, Die Dämonen (1956; The Demons), on which he had worked since 1931. It explores the society and mood of Vienna in 1926–27 in a many-layered web of detail and complex characterization.

Damophon was an ancient Greek sculptor of Messene, who executed many statues at Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium, and other cities of the Peloponnese. Soon after 183 bce he repaired Phidias’s sculpture of Zeus at Olympia, which had been damaged by an earthquake. Considerable fragments, including three

Amhara: …marriage: kal kidan, qurban, and damoz. Kal kidan (also called serat or semanya [“eighty”]) is marriage by civil contract. It is by far the most common form, though a great percentage of such unions end in divorce. Qurban marriages are performed in church and are regarded as sacred; they cannot…

mine gas, any of various harmful vapours produced during mining operations. The gases are frequently called damps (German Dampf, “vapour”). Firedamp is a gas that occurs naturally in coal seams. The gas is nearly always methane (CH4) and is highly inflammable and explosive when present in the air

Western painting: England: …islands of taut cloth (so-called damp-fold drapery) to describe three-dimensional forms in torsion. Faces are more heavily modeled than before, and glances and gestures are even more piercing and insistent. This is first seen about 1130 in the great Bible of the Abbey of St. Edmund at Bury; later stages…

mechanics: Damped and forced oscillations: The simple harmonic oscillations discussed above continue forever, at constant amplitude, oscillating as shown in Figure 3 between A and −A. Common experience indicates that real oscillators behave somewhat differently, however. Harmonic oscillations tend to die away as time goes on.…

mechanics: Damped and forced oscillations: The simple harmonic oscillations discussed above continue forever, at constant amplitude, oscillating as shown in Figure 3 between A and −A. Common experience indicates that real oscillators behave somewhat differently, however. Harmonic oscillations tend to die away as time goes on.…

piano: …found on most pianos, the damper pedal on the right lifts all the felt dampers above the strings, allowing them all to vibrate freely; the left pedal shifts the keyboard and action sideways to enable the hammer to strike only one of the two or three unison strings of each…

electric motor: Synchronous motors: …usually referred to as a damper winding because of its additional property of damping out any oscillation that might be caused by sudden changes in the load on the rotor when in synchronism. Adjustment to load changes involves changes in the angle by which the rotor field lags the stator…

Dampier, town and port, northwestern Western Australia, on King Bay, an inlet of the Indian Ocean. Beginning in 1965, the town and port were constructed by the Hamersley Iron company to handle iron ore mined at Mount Tom Price (about 180 miles [290 km] south) and Paraburdoo in the Hamersley Range.

William Dampier: …to what was thereafter called Dampier Archipelago, he went on to New Guinea and, passing around the north of the island, reached New Britain. With a deteriorating ship and a discontented crew, he then continued to Batavia, Java (now Jakarta, Indon.), for repairs and provisions. He sailed for England on…

William Dampier was a buccaneer who later explored parts of the coasts of Australia, New Guinea, and New Britain for the British Admiralty. A keen observer of natural phenomena, he was, in some respects, a pioneer in scientific exploration. Dampier, orphaned at the age of 16, voyaged to

garden and landscape design: 17th- and 18th-century French: …appeared in the grounds of Dampierre. There the moat that formerly surrounded French castles became an ornamental body of water on one side and a decorative canal on the other. Both aspects of the new garden design—coordination with the dwelling and extension along a central axis—were united at the château…

Guy was the count of Flanders (from 1278) and margrave of Namur (Namen). He was the son of Margaret, countess of Flanders and Hainaut. The government of Guy of Dampierre was unfortunate. It was in the interest of the Flemish weavers to be on good terms with England, the wool-producing country, and

damping, in physics, restraining of vibratory motion, such as mechanical oscillations, noise, and alternating electric currents, by dissipation of energy. Unless a child keeps pumping a swing, its motion dies down because of damping. Shock absorbers in automobiles and carpet pads are examples of

magnesium processing: Structural applications: …light weight, high strength, high damping capacity, close dimensional tolerance, and ease of fabrication of its alloys. Applications include hand tools, sporting goods, luggage frames, cameras, household appliances, business machines, and automobile parts. The aerospace industry employs magnesium alloys in the manufacture of aircraft, rockets, and space satellites. Magnesium is…

damping-off, destructive disease of plant seedlings. Damping-off is caused by a number of seed- and soil-borne fungi and funguslike oomycetes, including Rhizoctonia solani, Aphanomyces cochlioides, and species of Pythium, Phytophthora, Botrytis, Fusarium, Cylindrocladium, Diplodia, Phoma, and

Tibet: Drainage and soils: …Ganges (Ganga) River; and the Maquan River (Tibetan: Damqog Kanbab, “Horse Spring”) flows east and, after joining the Lhasa River south of Lhasa, forms the Brahmaputra.

Dâmrei Mountains, north-south-trending range of high hills, an offshoot of the Krâvanh Mountains, southwestern Cambodia. Extending 70 miles (110 km) north from the Gulf of Thailand, they reach a high point in the Bok Koŭ ridge at Mount Bokor (3,547 feet [1,081 m]). The densely wooded hills receive

Damrong Rajanubhab was a Thai prince, son of King Mongkut and brother of King Chulalongkorn. He was the founder of modern education and provincial administration and was Thailand’s leading intellectual of his generation. Damrong himself had only four years of formal education in short-lived palace

Metropolitan Opera: …management passed to the conductor Leopold Damrosch and later to his son, conductor and composer Walter Damrosch. In 1892, under Abbey, Walter Schoeffel, and Maurice Grau, the programming was a balance of German, French, and Italian. Grau, as manager during the Met’s “Golden Age” (1898–1903), drew many excellent artists from…

Walter Damrosch was a Prussian-born American orchestral conductor and composer whose activities spanned more than half a century of American musical life. Damrosch studied with his father, Leopold Damrosch (1832–85), German violinist and conductor, who settled in New York City in 1871. Upon his

damsel bug, (family Nabidae), any predacious insect in the true bug order, Heteroptera, that feeds on insect eggs, aphids, and small caterpillars. Damsel bugs are generally divided into two types. One is about 8 mm (0.3 inch) long and yellow-brown in colour with well-developed wings, and the second

George Stevens: Swing Time, Gunga Din, and Woman of the Year: Moviegoers also largely avoided A Damsel in Distress (1937), a musical that featured Astaire but not Rogers, who was replaced by Joan Fontaine. The film, however, was praised for the “Fun House” number, which earned Hermes Pan an Oscar for best dance direction, and for the comedy of George…

damselfish, any of about 250 species of small, primarily tropical marine fishes of the family Pomacentridae (order Perciformes) found in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Damselfishes are deep-bodied and usually have forked tails. They resemble the related cichlids and, like them, have a single

damselfly, (suborder Zygoptera), any of about 2,600 species of predatory, aerial insects that are found mainly near shallow, freshwater habitats. Often stunningly vivid in color, damselflies are graceful fliers with slender bodies and long, filmy, net-veined wings. They are generally smaller, more

Alan Ayckbourn: …Book (2000), and the trilogy Damsels in Distress (2002). In 2002 he published a work of advice and instruction for aspiring playwrights and directors, The Crafty Art of Playmaking.

plum: History and cultivation: …or Asiatic origin, is the Damson plum (P. insititia); ancient writings connect early cultivation of those plums with the region around Damascus. The Japanese plum was first domesticated in China thousands of years ago but was extensively developed in Japan; from there it was introduced to the rest of the…

Damu: A different deity called Damu was a goddess of healing and the daughter of Nininsina of Isin.

Damu, in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian deity, city god of Girsu, east of Ur in the southern orchards region. Damu, son of Enki, was a vegetation god, especially of the vernal flowing of the sap of trees and plants. His name means “The Child,” and his cult—apparently celebrated primarily by

Central Asian arts: The music of Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim: …lute, such as the long-necked damyan of Nepal and its Sikkimese relative, may be linked to a similar instrument of the Pamir Mountains, whereas a Sikkimese flute having an outside air duct (in contrast to the inside duct of a Western recorder) seems to be a unique instrument. The Sherpas…

Dan, one of the 12 tribes of Israel that in biblical times comprised the people of Israel who later became the Jewish people. The tribe was named after the first of two sons born to Jacob (also called Israel) and Bilhah, the maidservant of Jacob’s second wife, Rachel. Nine of the other 11 tribes

Fujian: Population composition: The “boat people” (Tanka or Danjia), who live on boats in the streams and estuaries, are not recognized as a separate group.

Dan, an ethnolinguistic grouping of people inhabiting the mountainous west-central Côte d’Ivoire and adjacent areas of Liberia. The Dan belong to the Southern branch of the Mande linguistic subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family. They originated somewhere to the west or northwest of their

shi, the basic unit of weight in ancient China. The shi was created by Shi Huang Di, who became the first emperor of China in 221 bc and who is celebrated for his unification of regulations fixing the basic units. He fixed the shi at about 60 kg (132 pounds). The modern shi is equivalent to 71.68

Burt Reynolds: …in the police drama series Dan August (1970–71).

comic strip: Europe: …was The Eagle (1950–69), with Dan Dare (begun 1950; strip killed and relaunched a number of times, last in 2007) by Frank Hampson and the Rev. Marcus Morris, based on “healthy” Christian principles and directed against the American horror comic. At its peak Dan Dare reached a circulation of about…

Dia Art Foundation: …in 1983 Dia established the Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton, New York, which serves as a permanent installation of the light-based works created by Flavin between 1963 and 1981.

At a press conference prior to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, the Soviet Union’s wrestling coach made a simple declaration: “We will find someone to beat Dan Gable.” The pre-Olympics publicity assured that Gable, a 23-year-old from Waterloo, Iowa, wasn’t going to sneak up on

Steve Carell: Despicable Me, Minions, and Foxcatcher: …sequel to Bruce Almighty, and Dan in Real Life (2007), a dramedy about a single father who unexpectedly falls in love. In 2008 he portrayed the bumbling agent Maxwell Smart in the film adaptation of the television series Get Smart. In 2010 Carell starred opposite Tina Fey in Date Night,…

Dan Patch, (foaled 1896), American harness racehorse (Standardbred), a nearly legendary horse in his time, who established in 1905 a world pacing record of 1:55 14 that endured for 33 years. (In 1906 he paced a mile in 1:55 flat—Billy Direct’s record-breaking time in 1938—but this feat was not

Dan River, river rising in Israel. It is the largest of the three principal tributaries of the Jordan River. The Dan River issues from Tel Dan (Tell al-Qāḍī), the site of the biblical city of Dan (Laish). The river is fed by the rains and snowmelt that pass through the rock of Mount Hermon and

Dan Takuma was the manager of the giant Mitsui zaibatsu, the greatest of the family-owned combines in pre-World War II Japan. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an important member of Japan’s business elite, Dan was assassinated by right-wing nationalists who regarded him

Japanese music: Composers in Western styles: …Yuzuru (1952; Twilight Crane) by Ikuma Dan. The plot is a Japanese folktale, and, although the musical style is a mixture of the music of Maurice Ravel and the late works of Giacomo Puccini, one finds as well deliberate uses of folk songs and idioms. Shimizu Osamu is perhaps more…

Danu, in Celtic religion, the earth-mother goddess or female principle, who was honoured under various names from eastern Europe to Ireland. The mythology that surrounded her was contradictory and confused; mother goddesses of earlier peoples were ultimately identified with her, as were many

Macha, one of four female characters in Irish literature and mythology who are associated with themes of sovereignty and warfare. One Macha is recorded as a wife of Nemed, who led the third wave of invasions of Ireland. He cleared a plain that was named for her (Mag Macha; Irish: “Plain of Macha”).

Buddhism: Popular religious practices: Moreover, the dana (Pali: “gift-giving”) ritual of the Theravada tradition and similar exchanges between monks and laypersons are performed independently of other rituals. Both of these practices, however, are embedded in one way or another in virtually all other Buddhist rituals, including calendric rituals, pilgrimage rituals, rites…

Queen Latifah: Her other albums included The Dana Owens Album (2004) and Trav’lin’ Light (2007), collections of jazz and pop standards that showcased her strong singing voice, and Persona (2009), an eclectic return to hip-hop. In 2013–15 she hosted another daytime talk show, The Queen Latifah Show. In 2023 Queen Latifah…

Steve Allen: Don Knotts, Tom Poston, Bill Dana, Pat Harrington, Jr., Dayton Allen, Gabe Dell, and Allen’s wife, actress Jayne Meadows. The show ended its run in 1961, after which Allen continued to host network and syndicated talk shows throughout the 1960s and early ’70s.

Charles A. Dana was an American journalist who became a national figure as editor of the New York Sun. In 1839 Dana entered Harvard College (now Harvard University), but poor health and lack of money forced him to leave in 1841. From 1841 to 1846 he lived at the utopian Brook Farm community, where

Charles A. Dana was an American journalist who became a national figure as editor of the New York Sun. In 1839 Dana entered Harvard College (now Harvard University), but poor health and lack of money forced him to leave in 1841. From 1841 to 1846 he lived at the utopian Brook Farm community, where

John Quincy Adams: Early life and career: …at age 14, Adams accompanied Francis Dana, United States envoy to Russia, as his private secretary and interpreter of French. Dana, after lingering for more than a year in St. Petersburg, was not received by the Russian government, so in 1782 Adams, returning by way of Scandinavia, Hanover, and the…

James D. Dana was an American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist who, in explorations of the South Pacific, the U.S. Northwest, Europe, and elsewhere, made important studies of mountain building, volcanic activity, sea life, and the origin and structure of continents and ocean basins. Dana

James D. Dana was an American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist who, in explorations of the South Pacific, the U.S. Northwest, Europe, and elsewhere, made important studies of mountain building, volcanic activity, sea life, and the origin and structure of continents and ocean basins. Dana

Richard Henry Dana was an American lawyer and author of the popular autobiographical narrative Two Years Before the Mast. Dana withdrew from Harvard College when measles weakened his eyesight, and he shipped to California as a sailor in August 1834 to regain his health. After voyaging among

Rembrandt: Rembrandt and Rubens: …Blinding of Samson or the Danaë (both from 1636) in its original form. It seems that Huygens did not accept the gift.

Perseus: …the son of Zeus and Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius of Argos. As an infant he was cast into the sea in a chest with his mother by Acrisius, to whom it had been prophesied that he would be killed by his grandson. After Perseus had grown up on the…

Jan Gossart: In his Danae, Gossart employs an elaborate architectural setting as a foil for the seminude figure, a device he frequently used. Throughout his life, he retained the lapidary technique and careful observation that were traditional in Netherlandish art.

Titian: Mythological paintings: …first pair consists of the Danae with Nursemaid and the Venus and Adonis. The magnificent nude Danae lies upon her couch, knees raised, as Jupiter descends to her in the form of golden rain, and her nursemaid rather amusingly attempts to catch the coins in her apron. This work (of…

fern: Annotated classification: …6 modern genera (Angiopteris, Christensenia, Danaea, Eupodium, Marattia, and Ptisana) with about 150 species, widely distributed in tropical regions. Subclass Polypodiidae (leptosporangiate ferns) Order Osmundales Family

Global Exchange: …in 1988 by political activists Kevin Danaher and Medea Benjamin to promote social, economic, and environmental justice. The membership-based organization, headquartered in San Francisco, criticized the model of globalization that empowered multinational corporations and sometimes required the support of military authority. Instead, the organization championed fair trade, promoted

Danaus: …with his 50 daughters (the Danaïds) to Argos, where he became king. Soon thereafter the 50 sons of Aegyptus arrived in Argos, and Danaus was forced to consent to their marriage with his daughters. Danaus, however, commanded each daughter to slay her husband on the marriage night. They all obeyed…

milkweed butterfly, (subfamily Danainae), any of a group of butterflies in the brush-footed butterfly (q.v.) family, Nymphalidae (order Lepidoptera). Some authorities consider this group to be at the family level (Danaidae). The majority of species are found in both Old and New World tropics.

milkweed butterfly, (subfamily Danainae), any of a group of butterflies in the brush-footed butterfly (q.v.) family, Nymphalidae (order Lepidoptera). Some authorities consider this group to be at the family level (Danaidae). The majority of species are found in both Old and New World tropics.

Afar, a people of the Horn of Africa who speak Afar (also known as ’Afar Af), a language of the Eastern Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They live in northeastern Ethiopia, southeastern Eritrea, and Djibouti, where, with the Issas, they are the dominant people. It is thought

Denakil Plain, arid lowland of northern Ethiopia and southeastern Eritrea, bordering Djibouti. It lies at the northern extreme of the Great Rift Valley and the Awash River. Live volcanoes (often called the Denakil Alps) separate it from the Red Sea. Any water that comes into the plain evaporates

Danao, city, eastern Cebu island, Philippines, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Cebu City. It was founded in 1844 and is a port on the Camotes Sea for nearby coalfields. It is also a service centre for the coastal agricultural area that produces rice and corn (maize). Its name is derived from